diff --git a/sql/rpl_binlog_sender.cc b/sql/rpl_binlog_sender.cc
index 6fe49bf16d0..f979a0b7fa2 100644
--- a/sql/rpl_binlog_sender.cc
+++ b/sql/rpl_binlog_sender.cc
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Observe_transmission_guard {
 
     - The event is an `XID_EVENT`
     - The event is an `XA_PREPARE_LOG_EVENT`.
-    - The event is a `QUERY_EVENT` with query equal to "XA COMMIT" or "XA ABORT"
+    - The event is a `QUERY_EVENT` with query equal to "XA COMMIT" or "XA ROLLBACK"
       or "COMMIT".
     - The event is the first `QUERY_EVENT` after a `GTID_EVENT` and the query is
       not "BEGIN" --the statement is a DDL, for instance.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class Observe_transmission_guard {
             m_to_set = (strcmp("BEGIN", ev.query) != 0);
           else
             m_to_set = (strncmp("XA COMMIT", ev.query, 9) == 0) ||
-                       (strncmp("XA ABORT", ev.query, 8) == 0) ||
+                       (strncmp("XA ROLLBACK", ev.query, 11) == 0) ||
                        (strncmp("COMMIT", ev.query, 6) == 0);
           break;
         }