diff --git a/oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/rdb/RDBDocumentStore.java b/oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/rdb/RDBDocumentStore.java
index 1a79349..b04e297 100755
--- a/oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/rdb/RDBDocumentStore.java
+++ b/oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/rdb/RDBDocumentStore.java
@@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ public class RDBDocumentStore implements DocumentStore {
         RDBTableMetaData tmd = getTable(collection);
         try {
             connection = this.ch.getRWConnection();
+            connection.setAutoCommit(true);
             Set<String> successfulUpdates = db.update(connection, tmd, docsToUpdate, upsert);
-            connection.commit();
 
             Set<String> failedUpdates = Sets.difference(keysToUpdate, successfulUpdates);
             oldDocs.keySet().removeAll(failedUpdates);