diff --git a/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/error.rs b/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/error.rs
index 84f68ed2b8..e6182a570b 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/error.rs
+++ b/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/error.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ pub enum ChainStorageError {
     KeyExists { table_name: &'static str, key: String },
     #[error("Database resize required")]
     DbResizeRequired,
+    #[error("DB transaction was too large ({0} operations)")]
+    DbTransactionTooLarge(usize),
 }
 
 impl ChainStorageError {
diff --git a/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb.rs b/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb.rs
index 6d52017c2a..8ed0e21c2d 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb.rs
+++ b/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb.rs
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ where
 {
     let val_buf = serialize(val)?;
     txn.access().put(&db, key, &val_buf, put::Flags::empty()).map_err(|e| {
-        error!(
-            target: LOG_TARGET,
-            "Could not insert value into lmdb transaction: {:?}", e
-        );
         if let lmdb_zero::Error::Code(code) = &e {
             if *code == lmdb_zero::error::MAP_FULL {
                 return ChainStorageError::DbResizeRequired;
             }
         }
+        error!(
+            target: LOG_TARGET,
+            "Could not insert value into lmdb transaction: {:?}", e
+        );
         ChainStorageError::AccessError(e.to_string())
     })
 }
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ where
 {
     let val_buf = serialize(val)?;
     txn.access().put(&db, key, &val_buf, put::Flags::empty()).map_err(|e| {
+        if let lmdb_zero::Error::Code(code) = &e {
+            if *code == lmdb_zero::error::MAP_FULL {
+                return ChainStorageError::DbResizeRequired;
+            }
+        }
         error!(
             target: LOG_TARGET,
             "Could not replace value in lmdb transaction: {:?}", e
diff --git a/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb_db.rs b/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb_db.rs
index 52ca2c1405..a8c528878e 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb_db.rs
+++ b/base_layer/core/src/chain_storage/lmdb_db/lmdb_db.rs
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ impl BlockchainBackend for LMDBDatabase {
 
         let mark = Instant::now();
         // Resize this many times before assuming something is not right
-        const MAX_RESIZES: usize = 3;
+        const MAX_RESIZES: usize = 5;
         for i in 0..MAX_RESIZES {
             let num_operations = txn.operations().len();
             match self.apply_db_transaction(&txn) {
@@ -1350,13 +1350,17 @@ impl BlockchainBackend for LMDBDatabase {
                     return Ok(());
                 },
                 Err(ChainStorageError::DbResizeRequired) => {
-                    info!(target: LOG_TARGET, "Database resize required (iteration: {})", i);
+                    info!(
+                        target: LOG_TARGET,
+                        "Database resize required (resized {} time(s) in this transaction)",
+                        i + 1
+                    );
                     // SAFETY: This depends on the thread safety of the caller. Technically, `write` is unsafe too
                     // however we happen to know that `LmdbDatabase` is wrapped in an exclusive write lock in
                     // BlockchainDatabase, so we know there are no other threads taking out LMDB transactions when this
                     // is called.
                     unsafe {
-                        LMDBStore::resize_if_required(&self.env, &self.env_config)?;
+                        LMDBStore::resize(&self.env, &self.env_config)?;
                     }
                 },
                 Err(e) => {
@@ -1366,7 +1370,7 @@ impl BlockchainBackend for LMDBDatabase {
             }
         }
 
-        Err(ChainStorageError::DbResizeRequired)
+        Err(ChainStorageError::DbTransactionTooLarge(txn.operations().len()))
     }
 
     fn fetch(&self, key: &DbKey) -> Result<Option<DbValue>, ChainStorageError> {
diff --git a/infrastructure/storage/src/lmdb_store/store.rs b/infrastructure/storage/src/lmdb_store/store.rs
index 1022cadb54..d5a2bfeab7 100644
--- a/infrastructure/storage/src/lmdb_store/store.rs
+++ b/infrastructure/storage/src/lmdb_store/store.rs
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ impl LMDBStore {
         );
 
         if size_left_bytes <= config.resize_threshold_bytes {
-            env.set_mapsize(env_info.mapsize + config.grow_size_bytes)?;
+            Self::resize(env, config)?;
             debug!(
                 target: LOG_TARGET,
                 "({}) LMDB size used {:?} MB, environment space left {:?} MB, increased by {:?} MB",
@@ -424,6 +424,31 @@ impl LMDBStore {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Grows the LMDB environment by the configured amount
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    /// This may only be called if no write transactions are active in the current process. Note that the library does
+    /// not check for this condition, the caller must ensure it explicitly.
+    ///
+    /// http://www.lmdb.tech/doc/group__mdb.html#gaa2506ec8dab3d969b0e609cd82e619e5
+    pub unsafe fn resize(env: &Environment, config: &LMDBConfig) -> Result<(), LMDBError> {
+        let env_info = env.info()?;
+        let current_mapsize = env_info.mapsize;
+        env.set_mapsize(current_mapsize + config.grow_size_bytes)?;
+        let env_info = env.info()?;
+        let new_mapsize = env_info.mapsize;
+        debug!(
+            target: LOG_TARGET,
+            "({}) LMDB MB, mapsize was grown from {:?} MB to {:?} MB, increased by {:?} MB",
+            env.path()?.to_str()?,
+            current_mapsize / BYTES_PER_MB,
+            new_mapsize / BYTES_PER_MB,
+            config.grow_size_bytes / BYTES_PER_MB,
+        );
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -442,8 +467,7 @@ impl LMDBDatabase {
         K: AsLmdbBytes + ?Sized,
         V: Serialize,
     {
-        const MAX_RESIZES: usize = 3;
-
+        const MAX_RESIZES: usize = 5;
         let value = LMDBWriteTransaction::convert_value(value)?;
         for _ in 0..MAX_RESIZES {
             match self.write(key, &value) {
@@ -456,7 +480,7 @@ impl LMDBDatabase {
                     // SAFETY: We know that there are no open transactions at this point because ...
                     // TODO: we don't guarantee this here but it works because the caller does this.
                     unsafe {
-                        LMDBStore::resize_if_required(&self.env, &self.env_config)?;
+                        LMDBStore::resize(&self.env, &self.env_config)?;
                     }
                 },
                 Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),