diff --git a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/factory/GraphDatabaseFacade.java b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/factory/GraphDatabaseFacade.java
index ce120a76c0ba3..a6bda1ad07671 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/factory/GraphDatabaseFacade.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/factory/GraphDatabaseFacade.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.InternalIndexState;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.NodeCursor;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.NodeLabelIndexCursor;
+import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.Write;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.exceptions.InvalidTransactionTypeKernelException;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.exceptions.KernelException;
 import org.neo4j.internal.kernel.api.exceptions.schema.ConstraintValidationException;
@@ -79,9 +80,9 @@
 import org.neo4j.kernel.configuration.Config;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.guard.Guard;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.TokenAccess;
+import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.core.EmbeddedProxySPI;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.core.GraphPropertiesProxy;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.core.NodeProxy;
-import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.core.EmbeddedProxySPI;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.core.RelationshipProxy;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.core.RelationshipTypeTokenHolder;
 import org.neo4j.kernel.impl.core.ThreadToStatementContextBridge;
@@ -257,15 +258,17 @@ public Long createNodeId()
     @Override
     public Node createNode( Label... labels )
     {
-        try ( Statement statement = statementContext.get() )
+        KernelTransaction transaction = statementContext.getKernelTransactionBoundToThisThread( true );
+        try ( Statement ignore = transaction.acquireStatement() )
         {
-            long nodeId = statement.dataWriteOperations().nodeCreate();
+            Write write = transaction.dataWrite();
+            long nodeId = write.nodeCreate();
             for ( Label label : labels )
             {
-                int labelId = statement.tokenWriteOperations().labelGetOrCreateForName( label.name() );
+                int labelId = transaction.tokenWrite().labelGetOrCreateForName( label.name() );
                 try
                 {
-                    statement.dataWriteOperations().nodeAddLabel( nodeId, labelId );
+                    write.nodeAddLabel( nodeId, labelId );
                 }
                 catch ( EntityNotFoundException e )
                 {
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ public Node createNode( Label... labels )
         {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException( e );
         }
-        catch ( InvalidTransactionTypeKernelException e )
+        catch ( KernelException e )
         {
             throw new ConstraintViolationException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }