diff --git a/src/box/box.cc b/src/box/box.cc
index 511df83e207766035c2f1d038202c19483c3e00e..1525da8eb1224f2d6dc5636b96185bc3bd2ef5ac 100644
--- a/src/box/box.cc
+++ b/src/box/box.cc
@@ -1135,15 +1135,24 @@ box_set_replication_anon(void)
 
 }
 
-void
+int
 box_clear_synchro_queue(bool try_wait)
 {
+	/* A guard to block multiple simultaneous function invocations. */
+	static bool in_clear_synchro_queue = false;
+	if (in_clear_synchro_queue) {
+		diag_set(ClientError, ER_UNSUPPORTED, "clear_synchro_queue",
+			 "simultaneous invocations");
+		return -1;
+	}
 	if (!is_box_configured || txn_limbo_is_empty(&txn_limbo))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	uint32_t former_leader_id = txn_limbo.owner_id;
 	assert(former_leader_id != REPLICA_ID_NIL);
 	if (former_leader_id == instance_id)
-		return;
+		return 0;
+
+	in_clear_synchro_queue = true;
 
 	if (try_wait) {
 		/* Wait until pending confirmations/rollbacks reach us. */
@@ -1184,6 +1193,9 @@ box_clear_synchro_queue(bool try_wait)
 		txn_limbo_force_empty(&txn_limbo, confirm_lsn);
 		assert(txn_limbo_is_empty(&txn_limbo));
 	}
+
+	in_clear_synchro_queue = false;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/box/box.h b/src/box/box.h
index 12b1a459c493ca5e7944f6f756458cac22bf4066..b68047a9556dbb149614db80becf20ea321acccc 100644
--- a/src/box/box.h
+++ b/src/box/box.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 typedef struct tuple box_tuple_t;
 
-void
+int
 box_clear_synchro_queue(bool try_wait);
 
 /* box_select is private and used only by FFI */
diff --git a/src/box/lua/ctl.c b/src/box/lua/ctl.c
index bb4841994116242d9fa639e24d6af3d5564c1b8f..b44474b124dc9cfa68b032037f2f7df46d07fa2a 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/ctl.c
+++ b/src/box/lua/ctl.c
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ lbox_ctl_on_schema_init(struct lua_State *L)
 static int
 lbox_ctl_clear_synchro_queue(struct lua_State *L)
 {
-	(void) L;
-	box_clear_synchro_queue(true);
+	if (box_clear_synchro_queue(true) != 0)
+		return luaT_error(L);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/box/raft.c b/src/box/raft.c
index 8f32a96628b8b64cbec6f551e1a958b734e94c55..1942df95241f3e8bc0a912a88645570a4e2459be 100644
--- a/src/box/raft.c
+++ b/src/box/raft.c
@@ -89,9 +89,14 @@ box_raft_update_synchro_queue(struct raft *raft)
 	 * If the node became a leader, it means it will ignore all records from
 	 * all the other nodes, and won't get late CONFIRM messages anyway. Can
 	 * clear the queue without waiting for confirmations.
+	 * It's alright that the user may have called clear_synchro_queue
+	 * manually. In this case the call below will exit immediately and we'll
+	 * simply log a warning.
 	 */
-	if (raft->state == RAFT_STATE_LEADER)
-		box_clear_synchro_queue(false);
+	if (raft->state == RAFT_STATE_LEADER) {
+		if (box_clear_synchro_queue(false) != 0)
+			diag_log();
+	}
 }
 
 static int