diff --git a/models/db/context.go b/models/db/context.go
index 455f3d1c5de..911dbd1c6f7 100644
--- a/models/db/context.go
+++ b/models/db/context.go
@@ -98,19 +98,31 @@ type Committer interface {
 // halfCommitter is a wrapper of Committer.
 // It can be closed early, but can't be committed early, it is useful for reusing a transaction.
 type halfCommitter struct {
-	Committer
+	committer Committer
+	committed bool
 }
 
-func (*halfCommitter) Commit() error {
-	// do nothing
+func (c *halfCommitter) Commit() error {
+	c.committed = true
+	// should do nothing, and the parent committer will commit later
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *halfCommitter) Close() error {
+	if c.committed {
+		// it's "commit and close", should do nothing, and the parent committer will commit later
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// it's "rollback and close", let the parent committer rollback right now
+	return c.committer.Close()
+}
+
 // TxContext represents a transaction Context,
 // it will reuse the existing transaction in the parent context or create a new one.
 func TxContext(parentCtx context.Context) (*Context, Committer, error) {
 	if sess, ok := inTransaction(parentCtx); ok {
-		return newContext(parentCtx, sess, true), &halfCommitter{Committer: sess}, nil
+		return newContext(parentCtx, sess, true), &halfCommitter{committer: sess}, nil
 	}
 
 	sess := x.NewSession()
@@ -126,7 +138,12 @@ func TxContext(parentCtx context.Context) (*Context, Committer, error) {
 // this function will reuse it otherwise will create a new one and close it when finished.
 func WithTx(parentCtx context.Context, f func(ctx context.Context) error) error {
 	if sess, ok := inTransaction(parentCtx); ok {
-		return f(newContext(parentCtx, sess, true))
+		err := f(newContext(parentCtx, sess, true))
+		if err != nil {
+			// rollback immediately, in case the caller ignores returned error and tries to commit the transaction.
+			_ = sess.Close()
+		}
+		return err
 	}
 	return txWithNoCheck(parentCtx, f)
 }
diff --git a/models/db/context_committer_test.go b/models/db/context_committer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38e91f22edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/db/context_committer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package db // it's not db_test, because this file is for testing the private type halfCommitter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+type MockCommitter struct {
+	wants []string
+	gots  []string
+}
+
+func NewMockCommitter(wants ...string) *MockCommitter {
+	return &MockCommitter{
+		wants: wants,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *MockCommitter) Commit() error {
+	c.gots = append(c.gots, "commit")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *MockCommitter) Close() error {
+	c.gots = append(c.gots, "close")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *MockCommitter) Assert(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, c.wants, c.gots, "want operations %v, but got %v", c.wants, c.gots)
+}
+
+func Test_halfCommitter(t *testing.T) {
+	/*
+		Do something like:
+
+		ctx, committer, err := db.TxContext(db.DefaultContext)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		defer committer.Close()
+
+		// ...
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// ...
+
+		return committer.Commit()
+	*/
+
+	testWithCommitter := func(committer Committer, f func(committer Committer) error) {
+		if err := f(&halfCommitter{committer: committer}); err == nil {
+			committer.Commit()
+		}
+		committer.Close()
+	}
+
+	t.Run("commit and close", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mockCommitter := NewMockCommitter("commit", "close")
+
+		testWithCommitter(mockCommitter, func(committer Committer) error {
+			defer committer.Close()
+			return committer.Commit()
+		})
+
+		mockCommitter.Assert(t)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rollback and close", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mockCommitter := NewMockCommitter("close", "close")
+
+		testWithCommitter(mockCommitter, func(committer Committer) error {
+			defer committer.Close()
+			if true {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error")
+			}
+			return committer.Commit()
+		})
+
+		mockCommitter.Assert(t)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("close and commit", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mockCommitter := NewMockCommitter("close", "close")
+
+		testWithCommitter(mockCommitter, func(committer Committer) error {
+			committer.Close()
+			committer.Commit()
+			return fmt.Errorf("error")
+		})
+
+		mockCommitter.Assert(t)
+	})
+}