diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompConnection.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompConnection.java
index db68061eaa..cddd51a19f 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompConnection.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompConnection.java
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ public class StompConnection {
     }
     
     public void abort(String transaction) throws Exception {
+    	// discard all content on the wire before
+    	// aborting the transaction
+    	try {
+    		StompFrame discarded = this.receive(100);
+    		while (discarded != null) {
+    			discarded = this.receive(100);
+    		}
+    	} catch (Exception e) {    		
+    	}
     	HashMap<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
     	headers.put("transaction", transaction);
     	StompFrame frame = new StompFrame("ABORT", headers);
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompTest.java
index 48c766603a..17bdade714 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompTest.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/stomp/StompTest.java
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ public class StompTest extends CombinationTestSupport {
         } catch (SocketTimeoutException soe) {}
         
         stompConnection.ack(frame1, "tx1");
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
         stompConnection.abort("tx1");
         
         stompConnection.begin("tx2");