diff --git a/pkg/storage/batcheval/result/result.go b/pkg/storage/batcheval/result/result.go
index cc2cd7311f93..de185a39fda5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/batcheval/result/result.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/batcheval/result/result.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package result
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/kr/pretty"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -70,6 +71,28 @@ type LocalResult struct {
 	UpdatedTxns *[]*roachpb.Transaction
 }
 
+func (lResult *LocalResult) String() string {
+	if lResult == nil {
+		return "LocalResult: nil"
+	}
+	var numIntents, numEndTxns, numUpdatedTxns int
+	if lResult.Intents != nil {
+		numIntents = len(*lResult.Intents)
+	}
+	if lResult.EndTxns != nil {
+		numEndTxns = len(*lResult.EndTxns)
+	}
+	if lResult.UpdatedTxns != nil {
+		numUpdatedTxns = len(*lResult.UpdatedTxns)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("LocalResult (reply: %v, #intents: %d, #endTxns: %d #updated txns: %d, "+
+		"GossipFirstRange:%t MaybeGossipSystemConfig:%t MaybeAddToSplitQueue:%t "+
+		"MaybeGossipNodeLiveness:%s MaybeWatchForMerge:%t",
+		lResult.Reply, numIntents, numEndTxns, numUpdatedTxns, lResult.GossipFirstRange,
+		lResult.MaybeGossipSystemConfig, lResult.MaybeAddToSplitQueue,
+		lResult.MaybeGossipNodeLiveness, lResult.MaybeWatchForMerge)
+}
+
 // DetachMaybeWatchForMerge returns and falsifies the MaybeWatchForMerge flag
 // from the local result.
 func (lResult *LocalResult) DetachMaybeWatchForMerge() bool {
diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica.go b/pkg/storage/replica.go
index b5e6ac92b488..0403c3eb9138 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica.go
@@ -3199,8 +3199,10 @@ func (r *Replica) executeWriteBatch(
 		br, pErr, retry := r.tryExecuteWriteBatch(ctx, ba)
 		switch retry {
 		case proposalIllegalLeaseIndex:
+			log.VEventf(ctx, 2, "retry: proposalIllegalLeaseIndex")
 			continue // retry
 		case proposalAmbiguousShouldBeReevaluated:
+			log.VEventf(ctx, 2, "retry: proposalAmbiguousShouldBeReevaluated")
 			ambiguousResult = true
 			continue // retry
 		case proposalRangeNoLongerExists, proposalErrorReproposing:
@@ -5619,7 +5621,15 @@ func (r *Replica) processRaftCommand(
 			}
 			response.Intents = proposal.Local.DetachIntents()
 			response.EndTxns = proposal.Local.DetachEndTxns(response.Err != nil)
-			lResult = proposal.Local
+			if pErr == nil {
+				lResult = proposal.Local
+			}
+		}
+		if pErr != nil && lResult != nil {
+			log.Fatalf(ctx, "shouldn't have a local result if command processing failed. pErr: %s", pErr)
+		}
+		if log.ExpensiveLogEnabled(ctx, 2) {
+			log.VEvent(ctx, 2, lResult.String())
 		}
 
 		// Handle the Result, executing any side effects of the last
diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica_proposal.go b/pkg/storage/replica_proposal.go
index 75e18cbd4759..588152597f1d 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica_proposal.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica_proposal.go
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ type ProposalData struct {
 	// Always use ProposalData.finishApplication().
 	doneCh chan proposalResult
 
-	// Local contains the results of evaluating the request
-	// tying the upstream evaluation of the request to the
-	// downstream application of the command.
+	// Local contains the results of evaluating the request tying the upstream
+	// evaluation of the request to the downstream application of the command.
+	// Nil when the proposal came from another node (i.e. the evaluation wasn't
+	// done here).
 	Local *result.LocalResult
 
 	// Request is the client's original BatchRequest.
diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica_test.go b/pkg/storage/replica_test.go
index 471ea7cffdc8..19ec158f8fb2 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/shuffle"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/stop"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/syncutil"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/tracing"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/uuid"
 )
 
@@ -8734,6 +8735,77 @@ func TestGCWithoutThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Test that, if the Raft command resulting from EndTransaction request fails to
+// be processed/apply, then the LocalResult associated with that command is
+// cleared.
+func TestFailureToProcessCommandClearsLocalResult(t *testing.T) {
+	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	var tc testContext
+	cfg := TestStoreConfig(nil)
+	stopper := stop.NewStopper()
+	defer stopper.Stop(ctx)
+	tc.StartWithStoreConfig(t, stopper, cfg)
+
+	key := roachpb.Key("a")
+	txn := newTransaction("test", key, 1, enginepb.SERIALIZABLE, tc.Clock())
+	bt, btH := beginTxnArgs(key, txn)
+	assignSeqNumsForReqs(txn, &bt)
+	put := putArgs(key, []byte("value"))
+	assignSeqNumsForReqs(txn, &put)
+
+	var ba roachpb.BatchRequest
+	ba.Header = btH
+	ba.Add(&bt, &put)
+	if _, err := tc.Sender().Send(ctx, ba); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	var proposalRecognized int64 // accessed atomically
+
+	r := tc.repl
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	r.mu.submitProposalFn = func(pd *ProposalData) error {
+		// We're going to recognize the first time the commnand for the
+		// EndTransaction is proposed and we're going to hackily decrease its
+		// MaxLeaseIndex, so that the processing gets rejected further on.
+		ut := pd.Local.UpdatedTxns
+		if atomic.LoadInt64(&proposalRecognized) == 0 &&
+			ut != nil && len(*ut) == 1 && (*ut)[0].ID.Equal(txn.ID) {
+			pd.command.MaxLeaseIndex--
+			atomic.StoreInt64(&proposalRecognized, 1)
+		}
+		return defaultSubmitProposalLocked(r, pd)
+	}
+	r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	opCtx, collect, cancel := tracing.ContextWithRecordingSpan(ctx, "test-recording")
+	defer cancel()
+
+	ba = roachpb.BatchRequest{}
+	et, etH := endTxnArgs(txn, true /* commit */)
+	et.IntentSpans = []roachpb.Span{{Key: key}}
+	assignSeqNumsForReqs(txn, &et)
+	ba.Header = etH
+	ba.Add(&et)
+	if _, err := tc.Sender().Send(opCtx, ba); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	formatted := tracing.FormatRecordedSpans(collect())
+	if err := testutils.MatchInOrder(formatted,
+		// The first proposal is rejected.
+		"retry proposal.*applied at lease index.*but required",
+		// The LocalResult is nil. This is the important part for this test.
+		"LocalResult: nil",
+		// The request will be re-evaluated.
+		"retry: proposalIllegalLeaseIndex",
+		// Re-evaluation succeeds and one txn is to be updated.
+		"LocalResult \\(reply.*#updated txns: 1",
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestCommandTimeThreshold verifies that commands outside the replica GC
 // threshold fail.
 func TestCommandTimeThreshold(t *testing.T) {