diff --git a/src/box/sql/vdbe.c b/src/box/sql/vdbe.c
index 16e005844db012aeb46d53a168b725bde45284c6..cbcd571efdc54f0367aceff96dab10589b41d3e5 100644
--- a/src/box/sql/vdbe.c
+++ b/src/box/sql/vdbe.c
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ case OP_Savepoint: {
 				assert(pSavepoint == psql_txn->pSavepoint);
 				psql_txn->pSavepoint = pSavepoint->pNext;
 			} else {
-				psql_txn->fk_deferred_count =
+				txn->fk_deferred_count =
 					pSavepoint->tnt_savepoint->fk_deferred_count;
 			}
 		}
@@ -4861,7 +4861,7 @@ case OP_FkCounter: {
 	    !p->auto_commit) {
 		struct txn *txn = in_txn();
 		assert(txn != NULL && txn->psql_txn != NULL);
-		txn->psql_txn->fk_deferred_count += pOp->p2;
+		txn->fk_deferred_count += pOp->p2;
 	} else {
 		p->nFkConstraint += pOp->p2;
 	}
@@ -4885,7 +4885,7 @@ case OP_FkIfZero: {         /* jump */
 	    !p->auto_commit) {
 		struct txn *txn = in_txn();
 		assert(txn != NULL && txn->psql_txn != NULL);
-		if (txn->psql_txn->fk_deferred_count == 0)
+		if (txn->fk_deferred_count == 0)
 			goto jump_to_p2;
 	} else {
 		if (p->nFkConstraint == 0)
diff --git a/src/box/sql/vdbeaux.c b/src/box/sql/vdbeaux.c
index e7accc7452061cd11e2f94fab1b71cbf8bf6f1dd..bbbb99c7048d780faadaa36c97eb03c915821641 100644
--- a/src/box/sql/vdbeaux.c
+++ b/src/box/sql/vdbeaux.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ sql_alloc_txn()
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	txn->pSavepoint = NULL;
-	txn->fk_deferred_count = 0;
 	return txn;
 }
 
@@ -1988,8 +1987,7 @@ int
 sqlVdbeCheckFk(Vdbe * p, int deferred)
 {
 	struct txn *txn = in_txn();
-	if ((deferred && txn != NULL && txn->psql_txn != NULL &&
-	     txn->psql_txn->fk_deferred_count > 0) ||
+	if ((deferred && txn != NULL && txn->fk_deferred_count > 0) ||
 	    (!deferred && p->nFkConstraint > 0)) {
 		p->is_aborted = true;
 		p->errorAction = ON_CONFLICT_ACTION_ABORT;
diff --git a/src/box/txn.c b/src/box/txn.c
index 53ebfc05354218221059c493362078bf26891732..b57240846fb3166804dce0872f7e6f62140d34a3 100644
--- a/src/box/txn.c
+++ b/src/box/txn.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ txn_begin()
 	txn->engine = NULL;
 	txn->engine_tx = NULL;
 	txn->psql_txn = NULL;
+	txn->fk_deferred_count = 0;
 	txn->fiber = NULL;
 	fiber_set_txn(fiber(), txn);
 	/* fiber_on_yield is initialized by engine on demand */
@@ -537,12 +538,9 @@ txn_prepare(struct txn *txn)
 	 * foreign key constraints must not be violated.
 	 * If not so, just rollback transaction.
 	 */
-	if (txn->psql_txn != NULL) {
-		struct sql_txn *sql_txn = txn->psql_txn;
-		if (sql_txn->fk_deferred_count != 0) {
-			diag_set(ClientError, ER_FOREIGN_KEY_CONSTRAINT);
-			return -1;
-		}
+	if (txn->fk_deferred_count != 0) {
+		diag_set(ClientError, ER_FOREIGN_KEY_CONSTRAINT);
+		return -1;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * Perform transaction conflict resolution. Engine == NULL when
@@ -754,8 +752,7 @@ box_txn_savepoint()
 	}
 	svp->stmt = stailq_last(&txn->stmts);
 	svp->in_sub_stmt = txn->in_sub_stmt;
-	if (txn->psql_txn != NULL)
-		svp->fk_deferred_count = txn->psql_txn->fk_deferred_count;
+	svp->fk_deferred_count = txn->fk_deferred_count;
 	return svp;
 }
 
@@ -782,8 +779,7 @@ box_txn_rollback_to_savepoint(box_txn_savepoint_t *svp)
 		return -1;
 	}
 	txn_rollback_to_svp(txn, svp->stmt);
-	if (txn->psql_txn != NULL)
-		txn->psql_txn->fk_deferred_count = svp->fk_deferred_count;
+	txn->fk_deferred_count = svp->fk_deferred_count;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/box/txn.h b/src/box/txn.h
index 37d90932b386b50ce851c84a4060024488902781..f795cb76fb9d82f6908cd566f747051fc4dc2049 100644
--- a/src/box/txn.h
+++ b/src/box/txn.h
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ extern double too_long_threshold;
 struct sql_txn {
 	/** List of active SQL savepoints. */
 	struct Savepoint *pSavepoint;
-	/**
-	 * This variables transfer deferred constraints from one
-	 * VDBE to the next in the same transaction.
-	 */
-	uint32_t fk_deferred_count;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -213,6 +208,18 @@ struct txn {
 	struct trigger fiber_on_stop;
 	/** Commit and rollback triggers. */
 	struct rlist on_commit, on_rollback;
+	/**
+	 * This member represents counter of deferred foreign key
+	 * violations within transaction. DEFERRED mode means
+	 * that until transaction is committed violations are
+	 * allowed to appear. However, transaction can't be
+	 * committed in presence of violations, i.e. if this
+	 * counter is not equal to zero. In the normal mode
+	 * violations of FK are checked at the end of each
+	 * statement processing. Note that at the moment it is
+	 * SQL specific property.
+	 */
+	uint32_t fk_deferred_count;
 	struct sql_txn *psql_txn;
 };