diff --git a/app/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller.rb b/app/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller.rb
index 133452f21..e90e47cd3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Transactions::BulkUpdatesController < ApplicationController
                      .entries
                      .excluding_split_parents
                      .where(id: bulk_update_params[:entry_ids])
+                     .includes(:entryable)
                      .bulk_update!(bulk_update_params, update_tags: tags_provided?)
 
     redirect_back_or_to transactions_path, notice: "#{updated} transactions updated"
diff --git a/test/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller_test.rb
index 0ab7fc016..8e34ba2fc 100644
--- a/test/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/transactions/bulk_updates_controller_test.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,24 @@ class Transactions::BulkUpdatesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     end
   end
 
+  test "bulk update preloads transaction records" do
+    transaction_ids = @user.family.entries.transactions.limit(4).pluck(:id)
+
+    queries = capture_sql_queries do
+      post transactions_bulk_update_url, params: {
+        bulk_update: {
+          entry_ids: transaction_ids,
+          notes: "Updated in bulk"
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    assert_redirected_to transactions_url
+    assert_empty queries.grep(
+      /SELECT "transactions"\.\* FROM "transactions" WHERE "transactions"\."id" =/
+    )
+  end
+
   test "bulk update preserves tags when tag_ids not provided" do
     transaction_entry = @user.family.entries.transactions.first
     original_tags = [ Tag.first, Tag.second ]