diff --git a/core/vdbe/mod.rs b/core/vdbe/mod.rs
index b4fc94d46..d5c30f9f0 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/mod.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/mod.rs
@@ -3227,19 +3227,20 @@ impl Program {
         let checkpoint_status = pager.end_tx()?;
         match checkpoint_status {
             CheckpointStatus::Done(_) => {
+                if self.change_cnt_on {
+                    if let Some(conn) = self.connection.upgrade() {
+                        conn.set_changes(self.n_change.get());
+                    }
+                }
                 connection.transaction_state.replace(TransactionState::None);
                 let _ = halt_state.take();
             }
             CheckpointStatus::IO => {
+                tracing::trace!("Checkpointing IO");
                 *halt_state = Some(HaltState::Checkpointing);
                 return Ok(StepResult::IO);
             }
         }
-        if self.change_cnt_on {
-            if let Some(conn) = self.connection.upgrade() {
-                conn.set_changes(self.n_change.get());
-            }
-        }
         Ok(StepResult::Done)
     }
 }