diff --git a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
index 23ae374dc..691047f51 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
+++ b/utilities/transactions/transaction_test.cc
@@ -5969,6 +5969,55 @@ TEST_P(TransactionTest, DuplicateKeys) {
   }
 }
 
+// Test that the reseek optimization in iterators will not result in an infinite
+// loop if there are too many uncommitted entries before the snapshot.
+TEST_P(TransactionTest, ReseekOptimization) {
+  WriteOptions write_options;
+  write_options.sync = true;
+  write_options.disableWAL = false;
+  ColumnFamilyDescriptor cfd;
+  db->DefaultColumnFamily()->GetDescriptor(&cfd);
+  auto max_skip = cfd.options.max_sequential_skip_in_iterations;
+
+  ASSERT_OK(db->Put(write_options, Slice("foo0"), Slice("initv")));
+
+  TransactionOptions txn_options;
+  Transaction* txn0 = db->BeginTransaction(write_options, txn_options);
+  ASSERT_OK(txn0->SetName("xid"));
+  // Duplicate keys will result into separate sequence numbers in WritePrepared
+  // and WriteUnPrepared
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 2 * max_skip; i++) {
+    ASSERT_OK(txn0->Put(Slice("foo1"), Slice("bar")));
+  }
+  ASSERT_OK(txn0->Prepare());
+  ASSERT_OK(db->Put(write_options, Slice("foo2"), Slice("initv")));
+
+  ReadOptions read_options;
+  // To avoid loops
+  read_options.max_skippable_internal_keys = 10 * max_skip;
+  Iterator* iter = db->NewIterator(read_options);
+  ASSERT_OK(iter->status());
+  size_t cnt = 0;
+  iter->SeekToFirst();
+  while (iter->Valid()) {
+    iter->Next();
+    ASSERT_OK(iter->status());
+    cnt++;
+  }
+  ASSERT_EQ(cnt, 2);
+  cnt = 0;
+  iter->SeekToLast();
+  while (iter->Valid()) {
+    iter->Prev();
+    ASSERT_OK(iter->status());
+    cnt++;
+  }
+  ASSERT_EQ(cnt, 2);
+  delete iter;
+  txn0->Rollback();
+  delete txn0;
+}
+
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {