diff --git a/app/content/models/event.py b/app/content/models/event.py
index 21871d1a..c23401fc 100644
--- a/app/content/models/event.py
+++ b/app/content/models/event.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def get_has_attended(self):
         return self.get_participants().filter(has_attended=True)
 
     def get_participants(self):
-        return self.registrations.select_for_update().filter(is_on_wait=False)
+        return self.registrations.filter(is_on_wait=False)
 
     def get_waiting_list(self):
         """Number of users on the waiting list"""
diff --git a/app/content/views/registration.py b/app/content/views/registration.py
index 520b9405..0aa13b3a 100644
--- a/app/content/views/registration.py
+++ b/app/content/views/registration.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import uuid
 
-from django.db import transaction
+from django.db.transaction import atomic
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import filters, status
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _is_own_registration(self):
     def _is_not_own_registration(self):
         return not self._is_own_registration()
 
-    @transaction.atomic
+    @atomic
     def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         """Register the current user for the given event."""
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
 
         event_id = self.kwargs.get("event_id", None)
-        event = Event.objects.get(pk=event_id)
+        event = Event.objects.select_for_update().get(pk=event_id)
 
         registration = super().perform_create(
             serializer, event=event, user=request.user