diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/event/EventServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/event/EventServiceImpl.java
index 535003aa8d..95a54a6d3f 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/event/EventServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/event/EventServiceImpl.java
@@ -292,16 +292,21 @@ public class EventServiceImpl implements EventService
         {
             Context ctx = new Context();
 
-            Dispatcher dispatcher = pooledDispatcher.getObject();
+            try {
+                Dispatcher dispatcher = pooledDispatcher.getObject();
 
-            for (Iterator ci = dispatcher.getConsumers()
-                    .iterator(); ci.hasNext();)
-            {
-                ConsumerProfile cp = (ConsumerProfile) ci.next();
-                if (cp != null)
+                for (Iterator ci = dispatcher.getConsumers()
+                        .iterator(); ci.hasNext();)
                 {
-                    cp.getConsumer().finish(ctx);
+                    ConsumerProfile cp = (ConsumerProfile) ci.next();
+                    if (cp != null)
+                    {
+                        cp.getConsumer().finish(ctx);
+                    }
                 }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                ctx.abort();
+                throw e;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/BitstreamResource.java b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/BitstreamResource.java
index 16e114177a..58dd7838aa 100644
--- a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/BitstreamResource.java
+++ b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/BitstreamResource.java
@@ -628,6 +628,8 @@ public class BitstreamResource extends Resource
 
             log.trace("Deleting bitstream from all bundles.");
             bitstreamService.delete(context, dspaceBitstream);
+
+            context.complete();
         }
         catch (SQLException e)
         {
diff --git a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CollectionsResource.java b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CollectionsResource.java
index 8ed520c665..4f1906b4bc 100644
--- a/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CollectionsResource.java
+++ b/dspace-rest/src/main/java/org/dspace/rest/CollectionsResource.java
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ public class CollectionsResource extends Resource
 
             collectionService.delete(context, dspaceCollection);
             collectionService.update(context, dspaceCollection);
+
+            context.complete();
         }
         catch (ContextException e)
         {