diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
index b9267a91b..018d63ac2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DefaultServer.java
@@ -552,12 +552,7 @@ public final class DefaultServer implements SpiServer, SpiEbeanServer {
    */
   @Override
   public void externalModification(TransactionEventTable tableEvent) {
-    SpiTransaction t = transactionManager.get();
-    if (t != null) {
-      t.getEvent().add(tableEvent);
-    } else {
-      transactionManager.externalModification(tableEvent);
-    }
+    transactionManager.externalModification(tableEvent);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
index 3b880777a..cc2608919 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/TransactionManager.java
@@ -417,14 +417,16 @@ public class TransactionManager implements SpiTransactionManager {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Process a Transaction that comes from another framework or local code.
-   * <p>
-   * For cases where raw SQL/JDBC or other frameworks are used this can
-   * invalidate the appropriate parts of the cache.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public void externalModification(TransactionEventTable tableEvents) {
+  public void externalModification(TransactionEventTable tableEvent) {
+    SpiTransaction t = get();
+    if (t != null) {
+      t.getEvent().add(tableEvent);
+    } else {
+      externalModificationEvent(tableEvent);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void externalModificationEvent(TransactionEventTable tableEvents) {
 
     TransactionEvent event = new TransactionEvent();
     event.add(tableEvents);