diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/FastAppend.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/FastAppend.java
index 3079757392cd..15ff16e39365 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/FastAppend.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/FastAppend.java
@@ -179,16 +179,16 @@ public Object updateEvent() {
   @Override
   protected void cleanUncommitted(Set<ManifestFile> committed) {
     if (newManifests != null) {
-      List<ManifestFile> committedNewManifests = Lists.newArrayList();
+      boolean hasDeletes = false;
       for (ManifestFile manifest : newManifests) {
-        if (committed.contains(manifest)) {
-          committedNewManifests.add(manifest);
-        } else {
+        if (!committed.contains(manifest)) {
           deleteFile(manifest.path());
+          hasDeletes = true;
         }
       }
-
-      this.newManifests = committedNewManifests;
+      if (hasDeletes) {
+        this.newManifests = null;
+      }
     }
 
     // clean up only rewrittenAppendManifests as they are always owned by the table
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MergingSnapshotProducer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MergingSnapshotProducer.java
index e7b2ccf69020..29cdf71275a1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MergingSnapshotProducer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MergingSnapshotProducer.java
@@ -886,16 +886,17 @@ public Object updateEvent() {
 
   private void cleanUncommittedAppends(Set<ManifestFile> committed) {
     if (cachedNewDataManifests != null) {
-      List<ManifestFile> committedNewDataManifests = Lists.newArrayList();
+      boolean hasDeletes = false;
       for (ManifestFile manifest : cachedNewDataManifests) {
-        if (committed.contains(manifest)) {
-          committedNewDataManifests.add(manifest);
-        } else {
+        if (!committed.contains(manifest)) {
           deleteFile(manifest.path());
+          hasDeletes = true;
         }
       }
 
-      this.cachedNewDataManifests = committedNewDataManifests;
+      if (hasDeletes) {
+        this.cachedNewDataManifests = null;
+      }
     }
 
     ListIterator<ManifestFile> deleteManifestsIterator = cachedNewDeleteManifests.listIterator();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTransaction.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTransaction.java
index b76974e2440d..6aec39e76ee5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTransaction.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/TestTransaction.java
@@ -760,4 +760,51 @@ public void testSimpleTransactionNotDeletingMetadataOnUnknownSate() throws IOExc
     Assert.assertTrue("Manifest file should exist", new File(manifests.get(0).path()).exists());
     Assert.assertEquals("Should have 2 files in metadata", 2, countAllMetadataFiles(tableDir));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testTransactionRecommit() {
+    // update table settings to merge when there are 3 manifests
+    table.updateProperties().set(TableProperties.MANIFEST_MIN_MERGE_COUNT, "3").commit();
+
+    // create manifests so that the next commit will trigger a merge
+    table.newFastAppend().appendFile(FILE_A).commit();
+    table.newFastAppend().appendFile(FILE_B).commit();
+
+    // start a transaction with appended files that will merge
+    Transaction transaction = Transactions.newTransaction(table.name(), table.ops());
+
+    AppendFiles append = transaction.newAppend().appendFile(FILE_D);
+    Snapshot pending = append.apply();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+        "Should produce 1 pending merged manifest", 1, pending.allManifests(table.io()).size());
+
+    // because a merge happened, the appended manifest is deleted the by append operation
+    append.commit();
+
+    // concurrently commit FILE_A without a transaction to cause the previous append to retry
+    table.newAppend().appendFile(FILE_C).commit();
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+        "Should produce 1 committed merged manifest",
+        1,
+        table.currentSnapshot().allManifests(table.io()).size());
+
+    transaction.commitTransaction();
+
+    Set<String> paths =
+        Sets.newHashSet(
+            Iterables.transform(
+                table.newScan().planFiles(), task -> task.file().path().toString()));
+    Set<String> expectedPaths =
+        Sets.newHashSet(
+            FILE_A.path().toString(),
+            FILE_B.path().toString(),
+            FILE_C.path().toString(),
+            FILE_D.path().toString());
+
+    Assert.assertEquals("Should contain all committed files", expectedPaths, paths);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(
+        "Should produce 2 manifests", 2, table.currentSnapshot().allManifests(table.io()).size());
+  }
 }