diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java
index a9c337e1c..46e28f973 100644
--- a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java
+++ b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/AbstractTracker.java
@@ -315,7 +315,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractTracker implements Tracker
 
     private void continueState()
     {
-        infoSrv.continueState(state);
+
+        /*
+         * If a rollback is pending then skip advancing the tracker state to avoid
+         * continueState() jumping the commit time forward and skipping historical
+         * transactions. We still increment trackerCycles so the checkRepoAndIndexConsistency where initial repo/index consistency
+         * check is not triggered again after every rollback.
+         */
+        if (!this.rollback)
+        {
+            infoSrv.continueState(state);
+        }
         state.incrementTrackerCycles();
     }
 
diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/MetadataTrackerTest.java b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/MetadataTrackerTest.java
index db8dadf36..8f623f992 100644
--- a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/MetadataTrackerTest.java
+++ b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/tracker/MetadataTrackerTest.java
@@ -405,4 +405,17 @@ public class MetadataTrackerTest
 
         verify(this.metadataTracker, times(1)).doTrack("AnIterationId");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void trackDoesNotAdvanceStateWhenRollbackIsPending() throws Exception
+    {
+        TrackerState state = new TrackerState();
+        metadataTracker.state = state;
+        metadataTracker.setRollback(true, new RuntimeException("simulated 403 error"));
+
+        metadataTracker.track();
+
+        verify(srv, never()).continueState(any());
+        assertEquals(1L, state.getTrackerCycles());
+    }
 }