diff --git a/transaction.go b/transaction.go
index 9d10a6886..60989512a 100644
--- a/transaction.go
+++ b/transaction.go
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ func (tx *Transaction) Discard() {
 		return
 	}
 	tx.reset(tx.tracer)
+	tx.TransactionData = nil
 }
 
 // End enqueues tx for sending to the Elastic APM server.
diff --git a/transaction_test.go b/transaction_test.go
index d625516e5..657a5f48f 100644
--- a/transaction_test.go
+++ b/transaction_test.go
@@ -300,6 +300,20 @@ func TestTransactionSampleRateOmission(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTransactionDiscard(t *testing.T) {
+	tracer, transport := transporttest.NewRecorderTracer()
+	defer tracer.Close()
+
+	tx := tracer.StartTransaction("name", "type")
+	tx.Discard()
+	assert.Nil(t, tx.TransactionData)
+	tx.End() // ending after discarding should be a no-op
+
+	tracer.Flush(nil)
+	payloads := transport.Payloads()
+	require.Empty(t, payloads)
+}
+
 func BenchmarkTransaction(b *testing.B) {
 	tracer, err := apm.NewTracer("service", "")
 	require.NoError(b, err)