diff --git a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction.cc b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction.cc
index b572014dad..bcee61accb 100644
--- a/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction.cc
+++ b/utilities/transactions/pessimistic_transaction.cc
@@ -997,6 +997,9 @@ Status PessimisticTransaction::LockBatch(WriteBatch* batch,
       RecordKey(column_family_id, key);
       return Status::OK();
     }
+    Status MarkNoop(bool /*empty_batch*/) override {
+      return rocksdb::Status::OK();
+    }
   };
 
   // Iterating on this handler will add all keys in this batch into keys