diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/varsup.c b/src/backend/access/transam/varsup.c
index 4bcc55bb92c7e4ed1cad72a3d87b386036700b54..fd23de1d98463810ef4614ff08696cbeef0e8ced 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/varsup.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/varsup.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/varsup.c,v 1.20 1999/05/25 16:07:48 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/varsup.c,v 1.21 1999/06/03 04:41:40 vadim Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <access/xact.h>
 #include <access/heapam.h>
 #include <catalog/catname.h>
+#include <storage/proc.h>
 
 static void GetNewObjectIdBlock(Oid *oid_return, int oid_block_size);
 static void VariableRelationGetNextOid(Oid *oid_return);
@@ -308,6 +309,9 @@ GetNewTransactionId(TransactionId *xid)
 	TransactionIdAdd(&(ShmemVariableCache->nextXid), 1);
 	(ShmemVariableCache->xid_count)--;
 
+	if (MyProc != (PROC *) NULL)
+		MyProc->xid = *xid;
+
 	SpinRelease(OidGenLockId);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
index 8453d8688c2c4036b77966457450554bf017fa8d..6884e635904fce8e6d174c7797d476763e321b72 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c,v 1.37 1999/05/31 22:53:59 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c,v 1.38 1999/06/03 04:41:41 vadim Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *		Transaction aborts can now occur two ways:
@@ -646,6 +646,18 @@ RecordTransactionCommit()
 	FlushBufferPool(!TransactionFlushEnabled());
 	if (leak)
 		ResetBufferPool();
+
+	/*
+	 * Let others know about no transaction in progress.
+	 * Note that this must be done _before_ releasing locks
+	 * we hold or bad (too high) XmaxRecent value might be
+	 * used by vacuum.
+	 */
+	if (MyProc != (PROC *) NULL)
+	{
+		MyProc->xid = InvalidTransactionId;
+		MyProc->xmin = InvalidTransactionId;
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -884,13 +896,6 @@ StartTransaction()
 	 */
 	s->state = TRANS_INPROGRESS;
 
-	/*
-	 * Let others to know about current transaction is in progress - vadim
-	 * 11/26/96
-	 */
-	if (MyProc != (PROC *) NULL)
-		MyProc->xid = s->transactionIdData;
-
 }
 
 /* ---------------
@@ -958,15 +963,6 @@ CommitTransaction()
 	 */
 	s->state = TRANS_DEFAULT;
 
-	/*
-	 * Let others to know about no transaction in progress - vadim
-	 * 11/26/96
-	 */
-	if (MyProc != (PROC *) NULL)
-	{
-		MyProc->xid = InvalidTransactionId;
-		MyProc->xmin = InvalidTransactionId;
-	}
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------