diff --git a/src/edt/edt/edtPartialService.cc b/src/edt/edt/edtPartialService.cc
index 917122572..73a3c9cdb 100644
--- a/src/edt/edt/edtPartialService.cc
+++ b/src/edt/edt/edtPartialService.cc
@@ -2434,18 +2434,12 @@ PartialService::end_move (const db::DPoint & /*p*/, lay::angle_constraint_type /
 
   if (m_current != m_start) {
 
-    if (manager ()) {
-      manager ()->transaction (tl::to_string (tr ("Partial move")));
-    }
+    db::Transaction transaction ((manager () && ! manager ()->transacting ()) ? manager () : 0, tl::to_string (tr ("Partial move")));
 
     db::DTrans move_trans = db::DTrans (m_current - m_start);
 
     transform_selection (move_trans);
 
-    if (manager ()) {
-      manager ()->commit ();
-    }
-
   }
 
   if (! m_keep_selection) {