diff --git a/src/txn-nested.c b/src/txn-nested.c
index f5edfb37..c6c728f1 100644
--- a/src/txn-nested.c
+++ b/src/txn-nested.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ static void txn_merge(MDBX_txn *const parent, MDBX_txn *const txn, const size_t
     tASSERT(parent, dpl_check(parent));
   }
 
-  parent->flags &= ~MDBX_TXN_HAS_CHILD;
   if (parent->wr.spilled.list) {
     assert(pnl_check_allocated(parent->wr.spilled.list, (size_t)parent->geo.first_unallocated << 1));
     if (MDBX_PNL_GETSIZE(parent->wr.spilled.list))
@@ -459,9 +458,6 @@ void txn_nested_abort(MDBX_txn *nested) {
     parent->wr.retired_pages = nested->wr.retired_pages;
   }
 
-  parent->wr.dirtylru = nested->wr.dirtylru;
-  parent->nested = nullptr;
-  parent->flags &= ~MDBX_TXN_HAS_CHILD;
   tASSERT(parent, dpl_check(parent));
   tASSERT(parent, audit_ex(parent, 0, false) == 0);
   dpl_release_shadows(nested);
@@ -581,9 +577,10 @@ int txn_nested_join(MDBX_txn *txn, struct commit_timestamp *ts) {
     ts->sync = /* no sync */ ts->write;
   }
   txn_merge(parent, txn, parent_retired_len);
+  tASSERT(parent, parent->flags & MDBX_TXN_HAS_CHILD);
+  parent->flags -= MDBX_TXN_HAS_CHILD;
   env->txn = parent;
   parent->nested = nullptr;
-  parent->flags &= ~MDBX_TXN_HAS_CHILD;
   tASSERT(parent, dpl_check(parent));
 
 #if MDBX_ENABLE_REFUND
diff --git a/src/txn.c b/src/txn.c
index 5d553595..321e9a52 100644
--- a/src/txn.c
+++ b/src/txn.c
@@ -352,7 +352,10 @@ int txn_end(MDBX_txn *txn, unsigned mode) {
   tASSERT(txn, pnl_check_allocated(txn->wr.repnl, txn->geo.first_unallocated - MDBX_ENABLE_REFUND));
   tASSERT(txn, memcmp(&txn->wr.troika, &parent->wr.troika, sizeof(troika_t)) == 0);
   tASSERT(txn, mode & TXN_END_FREE);
+  tASSERT(parent, parent->flags & MDBX_TXN_HAS_CHILD);
   env->txn = parent;
+  parent->nested = nullptr;
+  parent->flags -= MDBX_TXN_HAS_CHILD;
   const pgno_t nested_now = txn->geo.now, nested_upper = txn->geo.upper;
   txn_nested_abort(txn);