diff --git a/alert/store.go b/alert/store.go
index 416878843d..92d19960e2 100644
--- a/alert/store.go
+++ b/alert/store.go
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func (s *Store) UpdateManyAlertStatus(ctx context.Context, status Status, alertI
 	return updatedIDs, nil
 }
 
-func (s *Store) Create(ctx context.Context, a *Alert) (*Alert, error) {
+func (s *Store) CreateTx(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx, a *Alert) (*Alert, error) {
 	n, err := a.Normalize() // validation
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -489,12 +489,6 @@ func (s *Store) Create(ctx context.Context, a *Alert) (*Alert, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	tx, err := s.db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer sqlutil.Rollback(ctx, "alert: create", tx)
-
 	_, err = tx.StmtContext(ctx, s.lockSvc).ExecContext(ctx, n.ServiceID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -507,11 +501,6 @@ func (s *Store) Create(ctx context.Context, a *Alert) (*Alert, error) {
 
 	s.logDB.MustLogTx(ctx, tx, n.ID, alertlog.TypeCreated, meta)
 
-	err = tx.Commit()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	ctx = log.WithFields(ctx, log.Fields{"AlertID": n.ID, "ServiceID": n.ServiceID})
 	log.Logf(ctx, "Alert created.")
 	metricCreatedTotal.WithLabelValues(n.ServiceID).Inc()
diff --git a/graphql2/graphqlapp/alert.go b/graphql2/graphqlapp/alert.go
index 609bb6b77b..d2f688850c 100644
--- a/graphql2/graphqlapp/alert.go
+++ b/graphql2/graphqlapp/alert.go
@@ -403,7 +403,17 @@ func (m *Mutation) CreateAlert(ctx context.Context, input graphql2.CreateAlertIn
 		a.Dedup = alert.NewUserDedup(*input.Dedup)
 	}
 
-	return m.AlertStore.Create(ctx, a)
+	var newAlert *alert.Alert
+	err := withContextTx(ctx, m.DB, func(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx) error {
+		var err error
+		newAlert, err = m.AlertStore.CreateTx(ctx, tx, a)
+		return err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return newAlert, nil
 }
 
 func (a *Alert) NoiseReason(ctx context.Context, raw *alert.Alert) (*string, error) {