diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
index abcdf86ca..004f05d6a 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
@@ -2760,6 +2760,11 @@ void StressTest::Open(SharedState* shared) {
     exit(1);
   }
 
+  if (FLAGS_use_txn && FLAGS_trace_ops) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "use_txn is currently incompatible with trace_ops.\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
   fprintf(stdout,
           "Integrated BlobDB: blob files enabled %d, min blob size %" PRIu64
           ", blob file size %" PRIu64
diff --git a/tools/db_crashtest.py b/tools/db_crashtest.py
index 44f56d1de..71d17eec6 100644
--- a/tools/db_crashtest.py
+++ b/tools/db_crashtest.py
@@ -821,9 +821,11 @@ def finalize_and_sanitize(src_params, counter):
         dest_params["unordered_write"] = 0
     # For TransactionDB, correctness testing with unsync data loss is currently
     # compatible with only write committed policy
-    if dest_params.get("use_txn") == 1 and dest_params.get("txn_write_policy") != 0:
-        dest_params["sync_fault_injection"] = 0
-        dest_params["manual_wal_flush_one_in"] = 0
+    if dest_params.get("use_txn") == 1:
+        dest_params["trace_ops"] = 0
+        if dest_params.get("txn_write_policy") != 0:
+            dest_params["sync_fault_injection"] = 0
+            dest_params["manual_wal_flush_one_in"] = 0
     # PutEntity is currently not supported by SstFileWriter or in conjunction with Merge
     if dest_params.get("use_put_entity_one_in", 0) != 0:
         dest_params["ingest_external_file_one_in"] = 0