diff --git a/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalImpl.java b/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalImpl.java
index 82053d437c..2f56addaf9 100644
--- a/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalImpl.java
+++ b/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalImpl.java
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ public class JDBCJournalImpl implements Journal {
       List<JDBCJournalRecord> recordRef = records;
       records = new ArrayList<JDBCJournalRecord>();
 
-      // We keep a list of deleted records (used for cleaning up old transaction data).
+      // We keep a list of deleted records and committed tx (used for cleaning up old transaction data).
       List<Long> deletedRecords = new ArrayList<>();
+      List<Long> committedTransactions = new ArrayList<>();
 
       TransactionHolder holder;
 
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ public class JDBCJournalImpl implements Journal {
                      deleteJournalRecords.addBatch();
                   }
                   record.writeRecord(insertJournalRecords);
+                  committedTransactions.add(record.getTxId());
                   break;
                default:
                   // Default we add a new record to the DB
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ public class JDBCJournalImpl implements Journal {
 
          connection.commit();
 
-         cleanupTxRecords(deletedRecords);
+         cleanupTxRecords(deletedRecords, committedTransactions);
          success = true;
       }
       catch (SQLException e) {
@@ -215,12 +217,16 @@ public class JDBCJournalImpl implements Journal {
 
    /* We store Transaction reference in memory (once all records associated with a Tranascation are Deleted,
       we remove the Tx Records (i.e. PREPARE, COMMIT). */
-   private void cleanupTxRecords(List<Long> deletedRecords) throws SQLException {
+   private void cleanupTxRecords(List<Long> deletedRecords, List<Long> committedTx) throws SQLException {
 
       List<RecordInfo> iterableCopy;
       List<TransactionHolder> iterableCopyTx = new ArrayList<>();
       iterableCopyTx.addAll(transactions.values());
 
+      for (Long txId : committedTx) {
+         transactions.get(txId).committed = true;
+      }
+
       // TODO (mtaylor) perhaps we could store a reverse mapping of IDs to prevent this O(n) loop
       for (TransactionHolder h : iterableCopyTx) {
 
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@ public class JDBCJournalImpl implements Journal {
             }
          }
 
-         if (h.recordInfos.isEmpty()) {
+         if (h.recordInfos.isEmpty() && h.committed) {
             deleteJournalTxRecords.setLong(1, h.transactionID);
             deleteJournalTxRecords.addBatch();
             transactions.remove(h.transactionID);
diff --git a/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalReaderCallback.java b/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalReaderCallback.java
index 844fd4a26f..a7c765e836 100644
--- a/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalReaderCallback.java
+++ b/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/JDBCJournalReaderCallback.java
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ public class JDBCJournalReaderCallback implements JournalReaderCallback {
 
    public void onReadCommitRecord(final long transactionID, final int numberOfRecords) throws Exception {
       // It is possible that the TX could be null, since deletes could have happened in the journal.
-      TransactionHolder tx = loadTransactions.remove(transactionID);
+
+      TransactionHolder tx = loadTransactions.get(transactionID);
+      tx.committed = true;
+
+      // We can remove local Tx without associated records
       if (tx != null) {
          for (RecordInfo txRecord : tx.recordInfos) {
             if (txRecord.isUpdate) {
@@ -117,11 +121,11 @@ public class JDBCJournalReaderCallback implements JournalReaderCallback {
 
    public void checkPreparedTx() {
       for (TransactionHolder transaction : loadTransactions.values()) {
-         if (!transaction.prepared || transaction.invalid) {
+         if ((!transaction.prepared && !transaction.committed) || transaction.invalid) {
             ActiveMQJournalLogger.LOGGER.uncomittedTxFound(transaction.transactionID);
             loadManager.failedTransaction(transaction.transactionID, transaction.recordInfos, transaction.recordsToDelete);
          }
-         else {
+         else if (!transaction.committed) {
             PreparedTransactionInfo info = new PreparedTransactionInfo(transaction.transactionID, transaction.extraData);
             info.getRecords().addAll(transaction.recordInfos);
             info.getRecordsToDelete().addAll(transaction.recordsToDelete);
diff --git a/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/TransactionHolder.java b/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/TransactionHolder.java
index 4c3cd846d3..c03e7479d4 100644
--- a/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/TransactionHolder.java
+++ b/artemis-jdbc-store/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jdbc/store/journal/TransactionHolder.java
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ final class TransactionHolder {
    public boolean invalid;
 
    public byte[] extraData;
+
+   public boolean committed;
 }