diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp
index 146c8367189a5295c7f1af7d452137fcb8b4b4b3..fa7d79fecff89d4c8073af24fc7f57457dc0afa2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/editormanager/editormanager.cpp
@@ -2287,10 +2287,12 @@ static const char autoSaveIntervalKey[] = "EditorManager/AutoSaveInterval";
 void EditorManager::saveSettings()
 {
     SettingsDatabase *settings = ICore::settingsDatabase();
+    settings->beginTransaction();
     settings->setValue(QLatin1String(documentStatesKey), d->m_editorStates);
     settings->setValue(QLatin1String(reloadBehaviorKey), d->m_reloadSetting);
     settings->setValue(QLatin1String(autoSaveEnabledKey), d->m_autoSaveEnabled);
     settings->setValue(QLatin1String(autoSaveIntervalKey), d->m_autoSaveInterval);
+    settings->endTransaction();
 }
 
 void EditorManager::readSettings()
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp
index 4b644e949422cef8095f09d99361e8fef1a7dc90..7e2a423f1ca066dd27ce2fad965081b0015a0e02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ void Locator::saveSettings()
 {
     if (m_settingsInitialized) {
         SettingsDatabase *s = ICore::settingsDatabase();
+        s->beginTransaction();
         s->beginGroup(QLatin1String("QuickOpen"));
         s->remove(QString());
         s->setValue(QLatin1String("RefreshInterval"), refreshInterval());
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ void Locator::saveSettings()
         }
         s->endGroup();
         s->endGroup();
+        s->endTransaction();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.cpp
index 4f68fcbe76ebbeefc1805fa37b5bc0f52d3e81f7..efa10da44c7c91e6ce2e658d29558586078d6d25 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.cpp
@@ -252,6 +252,20 @@ QStringList SettingsDatabase::childKeys() const
     return children;
 }
 
+void SettingsDatabase::beginTransaction()
+{
+    if (!d->m_db.isOpen())
+        return;
+    d->m_db.exec(QLatin1String("BEGIN TRANSACTION;"));
+}
+
+void SettingsDatabase::endTransaction()
+{
+    if (!d->m_db.isOpen())
+        return;
+    d->m_db.exec(QLatin1String("END TRANSACTION;"));
+}
+
 void SettingsDatabase::sync()
 {
     // TODO: Delay writing of dirty keys and save them here
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.h
index 71c81adf65039375483873caa472c431841510c3..dd03d7d8ae2e21bb3d0dbf88f9fb4cafe6bf8c06 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/settingsdatabase.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ public:
     QString group() const;
     QStringList childKeys() const;
 
+    void beginTransaction();
+    void endTransaction();
+
     void sync();
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp
index d52b042d1b935d4fea41dca8de818fd2e03bcfe5..2ae25aef5a66343e9f01baca0e8c613592f36be3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/updateinfo/updateinfoplugin.cpp
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ void UpdateInfoPlugin::saveSettings()
 {
     SettingsDatabase *settings = ICore::settingsDatabase();
     if (settings) {
+        settings->beginTransaction();
         settings->beginGroup(QLatin1String("Updater"));
         settings->setValue(QLatin1String("Application"), d->updaterProgram);
         settings->setValue(QLatin1String("LastDayChecked"), d->m_lastDayChecked);
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ void UpdateInfoPlugin::saveSettings()
         settings->setValue(QLatin1String("CheckOnlyArgument"), d->updaterCheckOnlyArgument);
         settings->setValue(QLatin1String("ScheduledUpdateTime"), d->m_scheduledUpdateTime);
         settings->endGroup();
+        settings->endTransaction();
     }
 }