diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp
index 7b9a78bb0..d37b12442 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp
@@ -1236,6 +1236,15 @@ NetworkOPs::getAccountTxs (const RippleAddress& account, int32 minLedger, int32
                     ledger->pendSave(false);
             }
 
+            if (rawMeta.getLength() == 0)
+            { // Work around a bug that could leave the metadata missing
+                uint32 seq = static_cast<uint32>(db->getBigInt("AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq"));
+                WriteLog(lsWARNING, NetworkOPs) << "Recovering ledger " << seq << ", txn " << txn->getID();
+                Ledger::pointer ledger = getLedgerBySeq(seq);
+                if (ledger)
+                    ledger->pendSave(false);
+            }
+
             TransactionMetaSet::pointer meta = boost::make_shared<TransactionMetaSet> (txn->getID (), txn->getLedger (), rawMeta.getData ());
             ret.push_back (std::pair<Transaction::pointer, TransactionMetaSet::pointer> (txn, meta));
         }