diff --git a/src/wallet/bdb.cpp b/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
index 658500e4563..e17359f1508 100644
--- a/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/bdb.cpp
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ bool BerkeleyBatch::TxnBegin()
 {
     if (!pdb || activeTxn)
         return false;
-    DbTxn* ptxn = env->TxnBegin();
+    DbTxn* ptxn = env->TxnBegin(DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC);
     if (!ptxn)
         return false;
     activeTxn = ptxn;
diff --git a/src/wallet/bdb.h b/src/wallet/bdb.h
index 1073d32e0f2..e10ebbbdfd9 100644
--- a/src/wallet/bdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/bdb.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
     void CloseDb(const fs::path& filename);
     void ReloadDbEnv();
 
-    DbTxn* TxnBegin(int flags = DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC)
+    DbTxn* TxnBegin(int flags)
     {
         DbTxn* ptxn = nullptr;
         int ret = dbenv->txn_begin(nullptr, &ptxn, flags);
diff --git a/src/wallet/salvage.cpp b/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
index da16435f041..a9b84fbcabf 100644
--- a/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/salvage.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ bool RecoverDatabaseFile(const ArgsManager& args, const fs::path& file_path, bil
         return false;
     }
 
-    DbTxn* ptxn = env->TxnBegin();
+    DbTxn* ptxn = env->TxnBegin(DB_TXN_WRITE_NOSYNC);
     CWallet dummyWallet(nullptr, "", std::make_unique<DummyDatabase>());
     for (KeyValPair& row : salvagedData)
     {