diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.h b/src/dbwrapper.h
index ea59dd40c..5beaccbd0 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.h
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.h
@@ -24,15 +24,23 @@ public:
 
 void HandleError(const leveldb::Status& status);
 
+class CDBWrapper;
+
 /** Batch of changes queued to be written to a CDBWrapper */
 class CDBBatch
 {
     friend class CDBWrapper;
 
 private:
+    const CDBWrapper &parent;
     leveldb::WriteBatch batch;
 
 public:
+    /**
+     * @param[in] parent    CDBWrapper that this batch is to be submitted to
+     */
+    CDBBatch(const CDBWrapper &parent) : parent(parent) { };
+
     template <typename K, typename V>
     void Write(const K& key, const V& value)
     {
@@ -64,15 +72,17 @@ public:
 class CDBIterator
 {
 private:
+    const CDBWrapper &parent;
     leveldb::Iterator *piter;
 
 public:
 
     /**
+     * @param[in] parent           Parent CDBWrapper instance.
      * @param[in] piterIn          The original leveldb iterator.
      */
-    CDBIterator(leveldb::Iterator *piterIn) :
-        piter(piterIn) { };
+    CDBIterator(const CDBWrapper &parent, leveldb::Iterator *piterIn) :
+        parent(parent), piter(piterIn) { };
     ~CDBIterator();
 
     bool Valid();
@@ -183,7 +193,7 @@ public:
     template <typename K, typename V>
     bool Write(const K& key, const V& value, bool fSync = false)
     {
-        CDBBatch batch;
+        CDBBatch batch(*this);
         batch.Write(key, value);
         return WriteBatch(batch, fSync);
     }
@@ -210,7 +220,7 @@ public:
     template <typename K>
     bool Erase(const K& key, bool fSync = false)
     {
-        CDBBatch batch;
+        CDBBatch batch(*this);
         batch.Erase(key);
         return WriteBatch(batch, fSync);
     }
@@ -225,20 +235,19 @@ public:
 
     bool Sync()
     {
-        CDBBatch batch;
+        CDBBatch batch(*this);
         return WriteBatch(batch, true);
     }
 
     CDBIterator *NewIterator()
     {
-        return new CDBIterator(pdb->NewIterator(iteroptions));
+        return new CDBIterator(*this, pdb->NewIterator(iteroptions));
     }
 
     /**
      * Return true if the database managed by this class contains no entries.
      */
     bool IsEmpty();
-
 };
 
 #endif // BITCOIN_DBWRAPPER_H
diff --git a/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp b/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp
index 3df1e1585..496ae4be5 100644
--- a/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(dbwrapper_batch)
         uint256 in3 = GetRandHash();
 
         uint256 res;
-        CDBBatch batch;
+        CDBBatch batch(dbw);
 
         batch.Write(key, in);
         batch.Write(key2, in2);
diff --git a/src/txdb.cpp b/src/txdb.cpp
index b05e27489..7059dd6f8 100644
--- a/src/txdb.cpp
+++ b/src/txdb.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ bool CCoinsViewDB::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins,
                               const uint256 &hashAnchor,
                               CAnchorsMap &mapAnchors,
                               CNullifiersMap &mapNullifiers) {
-    CDBBatch batch;
+    CDBBatch batch(db);
     size_t count = 0;
     size_t changed = 0;
     for (CCoinsMap::iterator it = mapCoins.begin(); it != mapCoins.end();) {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ bool CCoinsViewDB::GetStats(CCoinsStats &stats) const {
 }
 
 bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteBatchSync(const std::vector<std::pair<int, const CBlockFileInfo*> >& fileInfo, int nLastFile, const std::vector<const CBlockIndex*>& blockinfo) {
-    CDBBatch batch;
+    CDBBatch batch(*this);
     for (std::vector<std::pair<int, const CBlockFileInfo*> >::const_iterator it=fileInfo.begin(); it != fileInfo.end(); it++) {
         batch.Write(make_pair(DB_BLOCK_FILES, it->first), *it->second);
     }
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadTxIndex(const uint256 &txid, CDiskTxPos &pos) {
 }
 
 bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteTxIndex(const std::vector<std::pair<uint256, CDiskTxPos> >&vect) {
-    CDBBatch batch;
+    CDBBatch batch(*this);
     for (std::vector<std::pair<uint256,CDiskTxPos> >::const_iterator it=vect.begin(); it!=vect.end(); it++)
         batch.Write(make_pair(DB_TXINDEX, it->first), it->second);
     return WriteBatch(batch);