diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/transactions.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/transactions.go
index 3e7634dc196..eccd37f9a43 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/transactions.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/transactions.go
@@ -100,3 +100,7 @@ func inTransactionWithRetryCtx(ctx context.Context, callback dbTransactionFunc,
 func inTransaction(callback dbTransactionFunc) error {
 	return inTransactionWithRetry(callback, 0)
 }
+
+func inTransactionCtx(ctx context.Context, callback dbTransactionFunc) error {
+	return inTransactionWithRetryCtx(ctx, callback, 0)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
index 4448e973e99..d32d51e0d0c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/user.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func getOrgIdForNewUser(cmd *m.CreateUserCommand, sess *DBSession) (int64, error
 }
 
 func CreateUser(ctx context.Context, cmd *m.CreateUserCommand) error {
-	return inTransactionWithRetryCtx(ctx, func(sess *DBSession) error {
+	return inTransactionCtx(ctx, func(sess *DBSession) error {
 		orgId, err := getOrgIdForNewUser(cmd, sess)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func CreateUser(ctx context.Context, cmd *m.CreateUserCommand) error {
 		}
 
 		return nil
-	}, 0)
+	})
 }
 
 func GetUserById(query *m.GetUserByIdQuery) error {