diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 38d6dc51c4..514eb9b7bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ devel
 v3.0.1 (XXXX-XX-XX)
 -------------------
 
+* fixed "collection is a nullptr" issue when starting a traversal from a transaction
+
 * enable /_api/import on coordinator servers
 
 
@@ -343,6 +345,8 @@ v3.0.0-rc1 (2015-06-10)
 v2.8.10 (XXXX-XX-XX)
 --------------------
 
+* fixed "collection is a nullptr" issue when starting a traversal from a transaction
+
 * honor the value of startup option `--database.wait-for-sync` (that is used to control
   whether new collections are created with `waitForSync` set to `true` by default) also
   when creating collections via the HTTP API (and thus the ArangoShell). When creating
diff --git a/arangod/Utils/Transaction.h b/arangod/Utils/Transaction.h
index 79913ff478..39e64bf36f 100644
--- a/arangod/Utils/Transaction.h
+++ b/arangod/Utils/Transaction.h
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class Transaction {
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
   bool isSingleOperationTransaction() const {
-    return TRI_IsSingleOperationTransaction(this->getInternals());
+    return TRI_IsSingleOperationTransaction(_trx);
   }
 
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ class Transaction {
     auto collection = this->trxCollection(cid);
 
     if (collection == nullptr) {
-      int res = TRI_AddCollectionTransaction(this->getInternals(), cid,
+      int res = TRI_AddCollectionTransaction(_trx, cid,
                                              type,
-                                             this->nestingLevel(), true, true);
+                                             _nestingLevel, true, true);
       if (res != TRI_ERROR_NO_ERROR) {
         THROW_ARANGO_EXCEPTION(res);
       }
-      TRI_EnsureCollectionsTransaction(this->getInternals());
+      TRI_EnsureCollectionsTransaction(_trx, _nestingLevel);
       collection = this->trxCollection(cid);
 
       if (collection == nullptr) {