diff --git a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/LocalAndXATransaction.java b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/LocalAndXATransaction.java
index 339715427ee..1e3249c6d8a 100644
--- a/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/LocalAndXATransaction.java
+++ b/activemq-ra/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/LocalAndXATransaction.java
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ public boolean isInManagedTx() {
 
     public void cleanup() {
         transactionContext.cleanup();
+        // The managed connection is being recycled, so transaction scoped state must not
+        // survive into its next use. The rollbackOnly marker set by end(TMFAIL) belongs to
+        // the transaction that has just ended; left in place it is only ever cleared by the
+        // next transaction boundary on this context, so a physical connection returned to
+        // the pool after a rolled back transaction rejects every subsequent send that is
+        // not part of a transaction.
+        transactionContext.setRollbackOnly(false);
         inManagedTx = false;
     }
 
diff --git a/activemq-ra/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/JmsXAQueueTransactionTest.java b/activemq-ra/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/JmsXAQueueTransactionTest.java
index f5897df5498..6ef08809cdf 100644
--- a/activemq-ra/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/JmsXAQueueTransactionTest.java
+++ b/activemq-ra/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/ra/JmsXAQueueTransactionTest.java
@@ -174,6 +174,48 @@ public void testSendOnAbortedXATx() throws Exception {
         connection.close();
     }
 
+    // The rollbackOnly marker is scoped to the transaction that failed, but the
+    // TransactionContext it lives on is owned by the physical connection. Once the managed
+    // connection has been recycled it must be usable again, including for work that is not
+    // part of any transaction, otherwise a single rolled back transaction disables the
+    // pooled connection for every later non transacted send.
+    public void testSendOnRecycledManagedConnectionAfterAbortedXATx() throws Exception {
+        connection.close();
+
+        ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = newConnectionFactory();
+        connection = connectionFactory.createConnection();
+        connection.start();
+
+        ManagedConnectionProxy proxy = (ManagedConnectionProxy) connection;
+        ActiveMQManagedConnection mc = (ActiveMQManagedConnection) proxy.getManagedConnection();
+        xaResource = mc.getXAResource();
+
+        beginTx();
+
+        Session session = connection.createSession(true, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+        session.createProducer(destination);
+
+        abortTx();
+
+        assertTrue("aborted tx leaves the context rollbackOnly", mc.getTransactionContext().isRollbackOnly());
+
+        // the container returns the managed connection to the pool
+        mc.cleanup();
+
+        assertFalse("recycled managed connection must not stay rollbackOnly",
+                    mc.getTransactionContext().isRollbackOnly());
+
+        // and hands it out again, this time outside of any transaction
+        ManagedConnectionProxy recycled = (ManagedConnectionProxy) mc.getConnection(null, null);
+        recycled.start();
+        Session recycledSession = recycled.createSession(false, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+        MessageProducer recycledProducer = recycledSession.createProducer(destination);
+
+        recycledProducer.send(recycledSession.createTextMessage("sent after the managed connection was recycled"));
+
+        recycled.close();
+    }
+
     public void testReceiveTwoThenAbort() throws Exception {
         Message[] outbound = new Message[] {session.createTextMessage("First Message"), session.createTextMessage("Second Message")};