diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc8bc4001..0d09e440c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "lmdb",
   "author": "Kris Zyp",
-  "version": "2.9.3-beta.3-debug",
+  "version": "2.9.3-beta.4-debug",
   "description": "Simple, efficient, scalable, high-performance LMDB interface",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/env.cpp b/src/env.cpp
index eb9518bd6..fb8a0da0d 100644
--- a/src/env.cpp
+++ b/src/env.cpp
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ MDB_txn* EnvWrap::getReadTxn(int64_t tw_address) {
 	if (rc) {
 		if (!txn)
 			fprintf(stderr, "No current read transaction available");
-		if (rc != EINVAL)
-			return nullptr; // if there was a real error, signal with nullptr and let error propagate with last_error
+		return nullptr; // if there was an error, signal with nullptr and let error propagate with last_error
 	}
 	return txn;
 }