diff --git a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go
index a90cb4e0..f6c63053 100644
--- a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go
+++ b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree.go
@@ -460,11 +460,24 @@ func (ot *objectTree) addChangesToTree(ctx context.Context, changesPayload RawCh
 		headsToUse = []string{}
 	}
 	rollback := func(changes []*Change) {
+		var visited []*Change
 		for _, ch := range changes {
-			if _, exists := ot.tree.attached[ch.Id]; exists {
+			if ex, exists := ot.tree.attached[ch.Id]; exists {
+				ex.visited = true
+				visited = append(visited, ex)
 				delete(ot.tree.attached, ch.Id)
 			}
 		}
+		for _, ch := range ot.tree.attached {
+			// deleting all visited changes from next
+			ch.Next = slice.DiscardFromSlice(ch.Next, func(change *Change) bool {
+				return change.visited
+			})
+		}
+		// doing this just in case
+		for _, ch := range visited {
+			ch.visited = false
+		}
 		ot.tree.headIds = headsCopy(prevHeadsCopy)
 		ot.tree.lastIteratedHeadId = lastIteratedId
 	}
diff --git a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go
index 010a26e4..7736e2e8 100644
--- a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go
+++ b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttree_test.go
@@ -818,6 +818,29 @@ func TestObjectTree(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("add with rollback", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx := prepareTreeContext(t, aclList)
+		changeCreator := ctx.changeCreator
+		objTree := ctx.objTree
+
+		rawChanges := []*treechangeproto.RawTreeChangeWithId{
+			changeCreator.CreateRaw("1", aclList.Head().Id, "0", false, "0"),
+			changeCreator.CreateRaw("2", aclList.Head().Id, "0", false, "1"),
+			changeCreator.CreateRaw("3", aclList.Head().Id, "0", false, "2"),
+			changeCreator.CreateRaw("4", aclList.Head().Id, "0", false, "3"),
+		}
+		payload := RawChangesPayload{
+			NewHeads:   []string{rawChanges[len(rawChanges)-1].Id},
+			RawChanges: rawChanges,
+		}
+		tr := objTree.(*objectTree)
+		tr.validator.(*noOpTreeValidator).fail = true
+		_, err := objTree.AddRawChanges(context.Background(), payload)
+		require.Error(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, tr.tree.attached, 1)
+		require.Empty(t, tr.tree.attached["0"].Next)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("add new snapshot simple with newChangeFlusher", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx := prepareTreeContext(t, aclList)
 		treeStorage := ctx.treeStorage
diff --git a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttreevalidator.go b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttreevalidator.go
index 3ef5625e..0276c441 100644
--- a/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttreevalidator.go
+++ b/commonspace/object/tree/objecttree/objecttreevalidator.go
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ type ObjectTreeValidator interface {
 
 type noOpTreeValidator struct {
 	filterFunc func(ch *Change) bool
+	fail       bool
 }
 
 func (n *noOpTreeValidator) ValidateFullTree(tree *Tree, aclList list.AclList) error {
+	if n.fail {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (n *noOpTreeValidator) ValidateNewChanges(tree *Tree, aclList list.AclList, newChanges []*Change) error {
+	if n.fail {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed")
+	}
 	return nil
 }