1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/dbtests/perftests.cpp b/src/mongo/dbtests/perftests.cpp
index 74eb31e8f68..3536b8ec07e 100644
--- a/src/mongo/dbtests/perftests.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/dbtests/perftests.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 
 #include "mongo/db/db.h"
+#include "mongo/db/operation_context_impl.h"
 #include "mongo/db/storage/mmap_v1/durable_mapped_file.h"
 #include "mongo/db/storage/mmap_v1/dur_stats.h"
 #include "mongo/db/instance.h"
@@ -71,8 +72,8 @@ namespace PerfTests {
     class ClientBase {
     public:
         // NOTE: Not bothering to backup the old error record.
-        ClientBase() {
-            mongo::lastError.reset( new LastError() );
+        ClientBase() : _client(&_txn) {
+            mongo::lastError.reset(new LastError());
         }
         virtual ~ClientBase() {
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ namespace PerfTests {
         DBClientBase* client() { return &_client; }
 
     private:
+        OperationContextImpl _txn;
         DBDirectClient _client;
     };
 
@@ -356,7 +358,9 @@ namespace PerfTests {
             static int z;
             srand( ++z ^ (unsigned) time(0));
 #endif
-            DBDirectClient c;
+            OperationContextImpl txn;
+            DBDirectClient c(&txn);
+
             Client::initThreadIfNotAlready("perftestthr");
             const unsigned int Batch = batchSize();
             while( 1 ) {