diff --git a/src/api-txn.c b/src/api-txn.c
index 474f32fd..6cf9fcd1 100644
--- a/src/api-txn.c
+++ b/src/api-txn.c
@@ -545,15 +545,16 @@ int mdbx_txn_commit_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_commit_latency *latency) {
     /* Update parent's DBs array */
     eASSERT(env, parent->n_dbi == txn->n_dbi);
     TXN_FOREACH_DBI_ALL(txn, dbi) {
-      if (txn->dbi_state[dbi] & (DBI_CREAT | DBI_FRESH | DBI_DIRTY)) {
+      if (txn->dbi_state[dbi] != (parent->dbi_state[dbi] & ~(DBI_FRESH | DBI_CREAT | DBI_DIRTY))) {
+        eASSERT(env, (txn->dbi_state[dbi] & (DBI_CREAT | DBI_FRESH | DBI_DIRTY)) != 0 ||
+                         (txn->dbi_state[dbi] | DBI_STALE) ==
+                             (parent->dbi_state[dbi] & ~(DBI_FRESH | DBI_CREAT | DBI_DIRTY)));
         parent->dbs[dbi] = txn->dbs[dbi];
         /* preserve parent's status */
         const uint8_t state = txn->dbi_state[dbi] | (parent->dbi_state[dbi] & (DBI_CREAT | DBI_FRESH | DBI_DIRTY));
         DEBUG("dbi %zu dbi-state %s 0x%02x -> 0x%02x", dbi, (parent->dbi_state[dbi] != state) ? "update" : "still",
               parent->dbi_state[dbi], state);
         parent->dbi_state[dbi] = state;
-      } else {
-        eASSERT(env, txn->dbi_state[dbi] == (parent->dbi_state[dbi] & ~(DBI_FRESH | DBI_CREAT | DBI_DIRTY)));
       }
     }