diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c
index aff357fb3..c314b99e0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c
@@ -870,6 +870,8 @@ ResetRemoteTransaction(struct MultiConnection *connection)
 		/* XXX: Should we error out for a critical transaction? */
 
 		dlist_delete(&connection->transactionNode);
+		connection->transactionNode.next = NULL;
+		connection->transactionNode.prev = NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* just reset the entire state, relying on 0 being invalid/false */