diff --git a/domain/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/repository/MetadataValidationRepositoryCustom.java b/domain/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/repository/MetadataValidationRepositoryCustom.java
index 6b723f8eaf..cf53f7fb36 100644
--- a/domain/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/repository/MetadataValidationRepositoryCustom.java
+++ b/domain/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/repository/MetadataValidationRepositoryCustom.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public interface MetadataValidationRepositoryCustom {
      * @param metadataId the id of the metadata.
      * @return the number of rows deleted
      */
-    @Modifying(clearAutomatically=true)
+    @Modifying(flushAutomatically = true, clearAutomatically = true)
     @Transactional
     @Query(value="DELETE FROM MetadataValidation v where v.id.metadataId = ?1 AND valtype != 'inspire'")
     int deleteAllInternalValidationById_MetadataId(Integer metadataId);