diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
index c38fb770c4..d2b8683fdf 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ module.exports = UpdatesManager =
 					logger.error err: error, doc_id: doc_id, project_id: project_id, "inconsistent doc versions"
 					if Settings.trackchanges?.continueOnError and rawUpdates[0].v > lastVersion + 1
 						# we have lost some ops - continue to write into the database, we can't recover at this point
+						lastCompressedUpdate = null
 					else
 						return callback error