diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/MultiTableTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/MultiTableTest.java
index 91e581fe73..e9ea621841 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/MultiTableTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/MultiTableTest.java
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ public class MultiTableTest extends LegacyTestCase {
 		s.close();
 
 		s = openSession();
+		s.beginTransaction();
 		s.delete( s.load(Lower.class, id) );
 		s.getTransaction().commit();
 		s.close();
diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/ParentChildTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/ParentChildTest.java
index 8cc4516101..0a4d417a9c 100644
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/ParentChildTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/legacy/ParentChildTest.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public class ParentChildTest extends LegacyTestCase {
 		s.close();
 
 		s = openSession();
+		s.beginTransaction();
 		s.replicate(baz, ReplicationMode.OVERWRITE);
 		// HHH-2378
 		SessionImpl x = (SessionImpl)s;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ public class ParentChildTest extends LegacyTestCase {
 		s.close();
 
 		s = openSession();
+		s.beginTransaction();
 		s.replicate(baz, ReplicationMode.IGNORE);
 		s.getTransaction().commit();
 		s.close();
@@ -1032,6 +1034,7 @@ public class ParentChildTest extends LegacyTestCase {
 		if ( (getDialect() instanceof MySQLDialect) ) {
 			session.connection().setTransactionIsolation(Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED);
 		}
+		session.getTransaction().begin();
 
 		// First, prime the fixture session to think the entity does not exist
 		try {