diff --git a/config/initializers/paranoia.rb b/config/initializers/paranoia.rb
index f0e5cf8ea1..0789eb4e95 100644
--- a/config/initializers/paranoia.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/paranoia.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Paranoia
     if persisted?
       # if a transaction exists, add the record so that after_commit
       # callbacks can be run
-      add_to_transaction
+      add_to_transaction unless self.class.connection.current_transaction.closed?
       update_columns(paranoia_destroy_attributes)
     elsif !frozen?
       assign_attributes(paranoia_destroy_attributes)