diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-bdb/cache.c b/servers/slapd/back-bdb/cache.c
index 438ae9587d426b3a6787811611c0fb5b84360a81..9c7d4f8949433c6067be404511e55c7fdc850d20 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-bdb/cache.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-bdb/cache.c
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ bdb_reader_get( Operation *op, DB_ENV *env, DB_TXN **txn )
 
 	if ( ldap_pvt_thread_pool_getkey( ctx, env, &data, NULL ) ) {
 		for ( i=0, rc=1; rc != 0 && i<4; i++ ) {
-			rc = TXN_BEGIN( env, NULL, txn, DB_READ_COMMITTED | DB_TXN_NOWAIT );
+			rc = TXN_BEGIN( env, NULL, txn, DB_READ_COMMITTED );
 			if (rc) ldap_pvt_thread_yield();
 		}
 		if ( rc != 0) {