diff --git a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.cc b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.cc
index 4cc2f0915..cf336106a 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.cc
+++ b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.cc
@@ -954,5 +954,12 @@ bool WritePreparedTxnDB::MaybeUpdateOldCommitMap(
   return next_is_larger;
 }
 
+WritePreparedTxnDB::~WritePreparedTxnDB() {
+  // At this point there could be running compaction/flush holding a
+  // SnapshotChecker, which holds a pointer back to WritePreparedTxnDB.
+  // Make sure those jobs finished before destructing WritePreparedTxnDB.
+  db_impl_->CancelAllBackgroundWork(true/*wait*/);
+}
+
 }  //  namespace rocksdb
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
diff --git a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h
index 9e9d65849..b67d35c03 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h
+++ b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction_db.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class WritePreparedTxnDB : public PessimisticTransactionDB {
     Init(txn_db_options);
   }
 
-  virtual ~WritePreparedTxnDB() {}
+  virtual ~WritePreparedTxnDB();
 
   virtual Status Initialize(
       const std::vector<size_t>& compaction_enabled_cf_indices,