diff --git a/src/database/storage_gc_worker.hpp b/src/database/storage_gc_worker.hpp
index a88b201f0..ab8db18f6 100644
--- a/src/database/storage_gc_worker.hpp
+++ b/src/database/storage_gc_worker.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "database/storage_gc.hpp"
 #include "distributed/storage_gc_rpc_messages.hpp"
 
+#include "transactions/engine_worker.hpp"
 #include "transactions/transaction.hpp"
 
 namespace database {
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@ class StorageGcWorker : public StorageGc {
   void CollectCommitLogGarbage(tx::transaction_id_t oldest_active) final {
     auto safe_to_delete = GetClogSafeTransaction(oldest_active);
     if (safe_to_delete) {
+      // We first need to delete transactions that we can delete to be sure that
+      // the locks are released as well. Otherwise some new transaction might
+      // try to aquire a lock which hasn't been released (if the transaction
+      // cache cleaner was not scheduled at this time), and take a look into the
+      // commit log which no longer contains that transaction id
+      dynamic_cast<tx::WorkerEngine &>(tx_engine_)
+          .ClearTransactionalCache(*safe_to_delete);
       master_client_pool_.Call<distributed::RanLocalGcRpc>(*safe_to_delete,
                                                            worker_id_);
       tx_engine_.GarbageCollectCommitLog(*safe_to_delete);