diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlDelegatedTransaction.cs b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlDelegatedTransaction.cs
index 3c289bb790..2e4007dc6f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlDelegatedTransaction.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/netcore/src/Microsoft/Data/SqlClient/SqlDelegatedTransaction.cs
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ public void SinglePhaseCommit(SinglePhaseEnlistment enlistment)
                 RuntimeHelpers.PrepareConstrainedRegions();
                 try
                 {
+                    Exception commitException = null;
+
                     lock (connection)
                     {
                         // If the connection is doomed, we can be certain that the
@@ -354,7 +356,6 @@ public void SinglePhaseCommit(SinglePhaseEnlistment enlistment)
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            Exception commitException;
                             try
                             {
                                 // Now that we've acquired the lock, make sure we still have valid state for this operation.
@@ -364,7 +365,6 @@ public void SinglePhaseCommit(SinglePhaseEnlistment enlistment)
                                 _connection = null;   // Set prior to ExecuteTransaction call in case this initiates a TransactionEnd event
 
                                 connection.ExecuteTransaction(SqlInternalConnection.TransactionRequest.Commit, null, System.Data.IsolationLevel.Unspecified, _internalTransaction, true);
-                                commitException = null;
                             }
                             catch (SqlException e)
                             {
@@ -412,13 +412,14 @@ public void SinglePhaseCommit(SinglePhaseEnlistment enlistment)
                             }
 
                             connection.CleanupConnectionOnTransactionCompletion(_atomicTransaction);
-                            if (commitException == null)
-                            {
-                                // connection.ExecuteTransaction succeeded
-                                enlistment.Committed();
-                            }
                         }
                     }
+
+                    if (commitException == null)
+                    {
+                        // connection.ExecuteTransaction succeeded
+                        enlistment.Committed();
+                    }
                 }
                 catch (System.OutOfMemoryException e)
                 {