diff --git a/src/vos/vos_dtx.c b/src/vos/vos_dtx.c
index d50f2b87cc8..ef5204c3503 100644
--- a/src/vos/vos_dtx.c
+++ b/src/vos/vos_dtx.c
@@ -2409,6 +2409,8 @@ vos_dtx_post_handle(struct vos_container *cont,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		struct vos_dtx_act_ent *dae = NULL;
+
 		if (daes[i] == NULL)
 			continue;
 
@@ -2425,9 +2427,18 @@ vos_dtx_post_handle(struct vos_container *cont,
 		}
 
 		d_iov_set(&kiov, &DAE_XID(daes[i]), sizeof(DAE_XID(daes[i])));
-		rc = dbtree_delete(cont->vc_dtx_active_hdl, BTR_PROBE_EQ,
-				   &kiov, NULL);
+		/*
+		 * For abort case, set @args as NULL, then related vos object will be evicted from
+		 * cache via dbtree_delete().
+		 */
+		rc = dbtree_delete(cont->vc_dtx_active_hdl, BTR_PROBE_EQ, &kiov,
+				   abort ? NULL : &dae);
 		if (rc == 0 || rc == -DER_NONEXIST) {
+			if (dae != NULL) {
+				D_ASSERT(dae == daes[i]);
+				dtx_act_ent_cleanup(cont, dae, false, false);
+			}
+
 			dtx_evict_lid(cont, daes[i]);
 		} else {
 			/* The DTX entry has been committed or aborted, but we