diff --git a/fdbclient/DatabaseBackupAgent.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/DatabaseBackupAgent.actor.cpp
index 1454584794..5df7d2d2ef 100644
--- a/fdbclient/DatabaseBackupAgent.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/DatabaseBackupAgent.actor.cpp
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ namespace dbBackup {
 				return Void();
 			}
 
+			tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::COMMIT_ON_FIRST_PROXY);
 			UID logUid = BinaryReader::fromStringRef<UID>(task->params[DatabaseBackupAgent::keyConfigLogUid], Unversioned());
 			Key logsPath = uidPrefixKey(applyLogKeys.begin, logUid);
 			tr->clear(KeyRangeRef(logsPath, strinc(logsPath)));
@@ -1491,13 +1492,15 @@ public:
 
 	ACTOR static Future<Void> abortBackup(DatabaseBackupAgent* backupAgent, Database cx, Key tagName, bool partial) {
 		state Reference<ReadYourWritesTransaction> tr(new ReadYourWritesTransaction(cx));
-		tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::ACCESS_SYSTEM_KEYS);
-		tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
 		state Key logUid;
 		state Value backupUid;
 
 		loop {
 			try {
+				tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::ACCESS_SYSTEM_KEYS);
+				tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
+				tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::COMMIT_ON_FIRST_PROXY);
+
 				UID _logUid = wait(backupAgent->getLogUid(tr, tagName));
 				logUid = BinaryWriter::toValue(_logUid, Unversioned());
 
diff --git a/fdbclient/FileBackupAgent.actor.cpp b/fdbclient/FileBackupAgent.actor.cpp
index 6b5759d623..e9488e4fcd 100644
--- a/fdbclient/FileBackupAgent.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/FileBackupAgent.actor.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	void clearApplyMutationsKeys(Reference<ReadYourWritesTransaction> tr) {
+		tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::COMMIT_ON_FIRST_PROXY);
+		
 		// Clear add/remove prefix keys
 		tr->clear(uidPrefixKey(applyMutationsAddPrefixRange.begin, uid));
 		tr->clear(uidPrefixKey(applyMutationsRemovePrefixRange.begin, uid));
@@ -1709,6 +1711,7 @@ namespace fileBackup {
 			state Key configPath = uidPrefixKey(logRangesRange.begin, uid);
 			state Key logsPath = uidPrefixKey(backupLogKeys.begin, uid);
 
+			tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::COMMIT_ON_FIRST_PROXY);
 			tr->clear(KeyRangeRef(configPath, strinc(configPath)));
 			tr->clear(KeyRangeRef(logsPath, strinc(logsPath)));
 			backup.stateEnum().set(tr, EBackupState::STATE_COMPLETED);
@@ -2749,6 +2752,7 @@ namespace fileBackup {
 	ACTOR Future<ERestoreState> abortRestore(Reference<ReadYourWritesTransaction> tr, Key tagName) {
 		tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::ACCESS_SYSTEM_KEYS);
 		tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
+		tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::COMMIT_ON_FIRST_PROXY);
 
 		state KeyBackedTag tag = makeRestoreTag(tagName.toString());
 		state Optional<UidAndAbortedFlagT> current = wait(tag.get(tr));
@@ -2797,6 +2801,7 @@ namespace fileBackup {
 			try {
 				tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::ACCESS_SYSTEM_KEYS);
 				tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::LOCK_AWARE);
+				tr->setOption(FDBTransactionOptions::COMMIT_ON_FIRST_PROXY);
 				tr->addReadConflictRange(singleKeyRange(KeyRef()));
 				tr->addWriteConflictRange(singleKeyRange(KeyRef()));
 				Void _ = wait(tr->commit());