diff --git a/consul/state_store.go b/consul/state_store.go
index e2d0ece8f9..c65152cf69 100644
--- a/consul/state_store.go
+++ b/consul/state_store.go
@@ -1329,7 +1329,10 @@ func (s *StateStore) KVSDeleteCheckAndSet(index uint64, key string, casIndex uin
 	}
 
 	// Do the actual delete
-	return true, s.kvsDeleteWithIndex(index, "id", key)
+	if err := s.kvsDeleteWithIndexTxn(index, tx, "id", key); err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return true, tx.Commit()
 }
 
 // KVSDeleteTree is used to delete all keys with a given prefix
diff --git a/consul/state_store_test.go b/consul/state_store_test.go
index b456c19e97..589f7b3781 100644
--- a/consul/state_store_test.go
+++ b/consul/state_store_test.go
@@ -1569,6 +1569,56 @@ func TestKVSDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestKVSDeleteCheckAndSet(t *testing.T) {
+	store, err := testStateStore()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer store.Close()
+
+	// CAS should fail, no entry
+	ok, err := store.KVSDeleteCheckAndSet(1000, "/foo", 100)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected commit")
+	}
+
+	// CAS should work, no entry
+	ok, err = store.KVSDeleteCheckAndSet(1000, "/foo", 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected failure")
+	}
+
+	// Make an entry
+	d := &structs.DirEntry{Key: "/foo"}
+	if err := store.KVSSet(1000, d); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Constrain on a wrong modify time
+	ok, err = store.KVSDeleteCheckAndSet(1001, "/foo", 42)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if ok {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected commit")
+	}
+
+	// Constrain on a correct modify time
+	ok, err = store.KVSDeleteCheckAndSet(1002, "/foo", 1000)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected commit")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestKVSCheckAndSet(t *testing.T) {
 	store, err := testStateStore()
 	if err != nil {