diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/opcallbacks/IndexOperationTracker.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/opcallbacks/IndexOperationTracker.java
index 447c3d2..0fe7c81 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/opcallbacks/IndexOperationTracker.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/opcallbacks/IndexOperationTracker.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     // Number of active operations on a ILSMIndex instance.
     private int numActiveOperations = 0;
-    private long lastLsn;
+    private long lastLSN;
     private final ILSMIndex index;
     private final ILSMIOOperationCallback ioOpCallback;
     private ILSMIndexAccessor accessor;
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@
     }
 
     public long getLastLSN() {
-        return lastLsn;
+        return lastLSN;
     }
 
-    public void setLastLSN(long lastLsn) {
-        this.lastLsn = lastLsn;
+    public void updateLastLSN(long lastLSN) {
+        this.lastLSN = Math.max(this.lastLSN, lastLSN);
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java
index 6df3928..ff4c3cd 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/locking/LockManager.java
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
                     }
                 }
 
-                txnContext.setLastLSNToIndexes(logicalLogLocator.getLsn());
+                txnContext.updateLastLSNForIndexes(logicalLogLocator.getLsn());
             }
 
             //1) wake up waiters and remove holder
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionContext.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionContext.java
index 67e280a..f351f1d 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionContext.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/transaction/TransactionContext.java
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@
         }
     }
 
-    public void setLastLSNToIndexes(long lastLSN) {
+    public void updateLastLSNForIndexes(long lastLSN) {
         synchronized (indexes) {
             for (ILSMIndex index : indexes) {
-                ((IndexOperationTracker) index.getOperationTracker()).setLastLSN(lastLSN);
+                ((IndexOperationTracker) index.getOperationTracker()).updateLastLSN(lastLSN);
             }
         }
     }