diff --git a/src/wallet/bdb.cpp b/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
index cbf6c9b1ea..38cca32f80 100644
--- a/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
@@ -887,7 +887,12 @@ bool BerkeleyBatch::HasKey(DataStream&& key)
 
 bool BerkeleyBatch::ErasePrefix(Span<const std::byte> prefix)
 {
-    if (!TxnBegin()) return false;
+    // Because this function erases records one by one, ensure that it is executed within a txn context.
+    // Otherwise, consistency is at risk; it's possible that certain records are removed while others
+    // remain due to an internal failure during the procedure.
+    // Additionally, the Dbc::del() cursor delete call below would fail without an active transaction.
+    if (!Assume(activeTxn)) return false;
+
     auto cursor{std::make_unique<BerkeleyCursor>(m_database, *this)};
     // const_cast is safe below even though prefix_key is an in/out parameter,
     // because we are not using the DB_DBT_USERMEM flag, so BDB will allocate
@@ -901,7 +906,7 @@ bool BerkeleyBatch::ErasePrefix(Span<const std::byte> prefix)
         ret = cursor->dbc()->del(0);
     }
     cursor.reset();
-    return TxnCommit() && (ret == 0 || ret == DB_NOTFOUND);
+    return ret == 0 || ret == DB_NOTFOUND;
 }
 
 void BerkeleyDatabase::AddRef()
diff --git a/src/wallet/test/db_tests.cpp b/src/wallet/test/db_tests.cpp
index adbbb94318..c933366354 100644
--- a/src/wallet/test/db_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/test/db_tests.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,39 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(db_availability_after_write_error)
     }
 }
 
+// Verify 'ErasePrefix' functionality using db keys similar to the ones used by the wallet.
+// Keys are in the form of std::pair<TYPE, ENTRY_ID>
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(erase_prefix)
+{
+    const std::string key = "key";
+    const std::string key2 = "key2";
+    const std::string value = "value";
+    const std::string value2 = "value_2";
+    auto make_key = [](std::string type, std::string id) { return std::make_pair(type, id); };
+
+    for (const auto& database : TestDatabases(m_path_root)) {
+        std::unique_ptr<DatabaseBatch> batch = database->MakeBatch();
+
+        // Write two entries with the same key type prefix, a third one with a different prefix
+        // and a fourth one with the type-id values inverted
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->Write(make_key(key, value), value));
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->Write(make_key(key, value2), value2));
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->Write(make_key(key2, value), value));
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->Write(make_key(value, key), value));
+
+        // Erase the ones with the same prefix and verify result
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->TxnBegin());
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->ErasePrefix(DataStream() << key));
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->TxnCommit());
+
+        BOOST_CHECK(!batch->Exists(make_key(key, value)));
+        BOOST_CHECK(!batch->Exists(make_key(key, value2)));
+        // Also verify that entries with a different prefix were not erased
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->Exists(make_key(key2, value)));
+        BOOST_CHECK(batch->Exists(make_key(value, key)));
+    }
+}
+
 #ifdef USE_SQLITE
 
 // Test-only statement execution error
diff --git a/src/wallet/test/wallet_tests.cpp b/src/wallet/test/wallet_tests.cpp
index 7396a43c50..27a81b3669 100644
--- a/src/wallet/test/wallet_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/test/wallet_tests.cpp
@@ -445,9 +445,11 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(LoadReceiveRequests, TestingSetup)
             auto requests = wallet->GetAddressReceiveRequests();
             auto erequests = {"val_rr11", "val_rr20"};
             BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(requests.begin(), requests.end(), std::begin(erequests), std::end(erequests));
-            WalletBatch batch{wallet->GetDatabase()};
-            BOOST_CHECK(batch.WriteAddressPreviouslySpent(PKHash(), false));
-            BOOST_CHECK(batch.EraseAddressData(ScriptHash()));
+            RunWithinTxn(wallet->GetDatabase(), /*process_desc*/"test", [](WalletBatch& batch){
+                BOOST_CHECK(batch.WriteAddressPreviouslySpent(PKHash(), false));
+                BOOST_CHECK(batch.EraseAddressData(ScriptHash()));
+                return true;
+            });
         });
         TestLoadWallet(name, format, [](std::shared_ptr<CWallet> wallet) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(wallet->cs_wallet) {
             BOOST_CHECK(!wallet->IsAddressPreviouslySpent(PKHash()));