diff --git a/common/txmgr/address_state.go b/common/txmgr/address_state.go
index f61628af889..e75b9b0622a 100644
--- a/common/txmgr/address_state.go
+++ b/common/txmgr/address_state.go
@@ -756,15 +756,6 @@ func (as *AddressState[CHAIN_ID, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) abando
 	for _, tx := range as.unconfirmed {
 		as.abandonTx(tx)
 	}
-	for _, tx := range as.idempotencyKeyToTx {
-		as.abandonTx(tx)
-	}
-	for _, tx := range as.confirmedMissingReceipt {
-		as.abandonTx(tx)
-	}
-	for _, tx := range as.confirmed {
-		as.abandonTx(tx)
-	}
 
 	clear(as.unconfirmed)
 }
diff --git a/common/txmgr/broadcaster.go b/common/txmgr/broadcaster.go
index 4a2cec75179..1a23c4aaa24 100644
--- a/common/txmgr/broadcaster.go
+++ b/common/txmgr/broadcaster.go
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ func (eb *Broadcaster[CHAIN_ID, HEAD, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, SEQ, FEE]) next
 	defer cancel()
 	etx := &txmgrtypes.Tx[CHAIN_ID, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, SEQ, FEE]{}
 	if err := eb.txStore.FindNextUnstartedTransactionFromAddress(ctx, etx, fromAddress, eb.chainID); err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) || errors.Is(err, ErrTxnNotFound) {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrTxnNotFound) {
 			// Finish. No more transactions left to process. Hoorah!
 			return nil, nil
 		}
diff --git a/common/txmgr/txmgr.go b/common/txmgr/txmgr.go
index ca12e5ffaae..19ffd7942fd 100644
--- a/common/txmgr/txmgr.go
+++ b/common/txmgr/txmgr.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package txmgr
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
@@ -477,7 +476,7 @@ func (b *Txm[CHAIN_ID, HEAD, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, R, SEQ, FEE]) CreateTran
 	if txRequest.IdempotencyKey != nil {
 		var existingTx *txmgrtypes.Tx[CHAIN_ID, ADDR, TX_HASH, BLOCK_HASH, SEQ, FEE]
 		existingTx, err = b.txStore.FindTxWithIdempotencyKey(ctx, *txRequest.IdempotencyKey, b.chainID)
-		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) && !errors.Is(err, ErrTxnNotFound) {
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ErrTxnNotFound) {
 			return tx, fmt.Errorf("Failed to search for transaction with IdempotencyKey: %w", err)
 		}
 		if existingTx != nil {
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go
index 152834f3a5b..b3c2f925868 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store.go
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func (o *evmTxStore) UnstartedTransactions(offset, limit int, fromAddress common
 		return
 	}
 
-	sql = `SELECT * FROM evm.txes WHERE state = 'unstarted' AND from_address = $1 AND evm_chain_id = $2 ORDER BY value ASC, created_at ASC, id ASC LIMIT $3 OFFSET $4`
+	sql = `SELECT * FROM evm.txes WHERE state = 'unstarted' AND from_address = $1 AND evm_chain_id = $2 ORDER BY id desc LIMIT $3 OFFSET $4`
 	var dbTxs []DbEthTx
 	if err = o.q.Select(&dbTxs, sql, fromAddress, chainID.String(), limit, offset); err != nil {
 		return
@@ -1653,8 +1653,14 @@ func (o *evmTxStore) FindNextUnstartedTransactionFromAddress(ctx context.Context
 	qq := o.q.WithOpts(pg.WithParentCtx(ctx))
 	var dbEtx DbEthTx
 	err := qq.Get(&dbEtx, `SELECT * FROM evm.txes WHERE from_address = $1 AND state = 'unstarted' AND evm_chain_id = $2 ORDER BY value ASC, created_at ASC, id ASC`, fromAddress, chainID.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+			return txmgr.ErrTxnNotFound
+		}
+		return pkgerrors.Wrap(err, "failed to FindNextUnstartedTransactionFromAddress")
+	}
 	dbEtx.ToTx(etx)
-	return pkgerrors.Wrap(err, "failed to FindNextUnstartedTransactionFromAddress")
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (o *evmTxStore) UpdateTxFatalError(ctx context.Context, etx *Tx) error {
diff --git a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store_test.go b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store_test.go
index 0b4287b6f6c..54f9512a763 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store_test.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/txmgr/evm_tx_store_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package txmgr_test
 
 import (
-	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"testing"
@@ -1264,7 +1263,7 @@ func TestORM_FindNextUnstartedTransactionFromAddress(t *testing.T) {
 
 		resultEtx := new(txmgr.Tx)
 		err := txStore.FindNextUnstartedTransactionFromAddress(testutils.Context(t), resultEtx, fromAddress, ethClient.ConfiguredChainID())
-		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, sql.ErrNoRows)
+		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, txmgrcommon.ErrTxnNotFound)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("finds unstarted tx", func(t *testing.T) {