diff --git a/src/db/db/dbManager.cc b/src/db/db/dbManager.cc
index c767db1494..99bd665b28 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbManager.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbManager.cc
@@ -159,12 +159,11 @@ Manager::cancel ()
       ++m_current;
       undo ();
 
-    } else {
-      //  empty transactions .. just delete
-      erase_transactions (m_current, m_transactions.end ());
-      m_current = m_transactions.end ();
     }
 
+    erase_transactions (m_current, m_transactions.end ());
+    m_current = m_transactions.end ();
+
   }
 }