diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/index/updates.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/index/updates.rs
index 0ae0aefdb..92d1bdcfe 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/index/updates.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/index/updates.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ impl Index {
                     Ok(UpdateResult::DocumentDeletion { deleted })
                 }
             };
-            txn.commit()?;
+            if result.is_ok() {
+                txn.commit()?;
+            }
             result
         })();
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
index 3ca1d3f3f..050767c0f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/index_controller/mod.rs
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ impl IndexController {
                     let index = self.index_resolver.create_index(name, None).await?;
                     let update_result =
                         UpdateMsg::update(&self.update_sender, index.uuid, update).await?;
-                    // ignore if index creation fails now, since it may already have been created
-
                     Ok(update_result)
                 } else {
                     Err(IndexResolverError::UnexistingIndex(name).into())