diff --git a/rules/manager.go b/rules/manager.go
index 50c4c8b7f5..33b10d9cb4 100644
--- a/rules/manager.go
+++ b/rules/manager.go
@@ -590,6 +590,13 @@ func (g *Group) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time) {
 
 			app := g.opts.Appendable.Appender()
 			seriesReturned := make(map[string]labels.Labels, len(g.seriesInPreviousEval[i]))
+			defer func() {
+				if err := app.Commit(); err != nil {
+					level.Warn(g.logger).Log("msg", "rule sample appending failed", "err", err)
+					return
+				}
+				g.seriesInPreviousEval[i] = seriesReturned
+			}()
 			for _, s := range vector {
 				if _, err := app.Add(s.Metric, s.T, s.V); err != nil {
 					switch err {
@@ -627,11 +634,6 @@ func (g *Group) Eval(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time) {
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			if err := app.Commit(); err != nil {
-				level.Warn(g.logger).Log("msg", "rule sample appending failed", "err", err)
-			} else {
-				g.seriesInPreviousEval[i] = seriesReturned
-			}
 		}(i, rule)
 	}
 	g.cleanupStaleSeries(ts)
diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index e0077e9fa7..601fca5538 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -1069,6 +1069,19 @@ func (sl *scrapeLoop) append(b []byte, contentType string, ts time.Time) (total,
 	)
 	var sampleLimitErr error
 
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			app.Rollback()
+			return
+		}
+		if err = app.Commit(); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		// Only perform cache cleaning if the scrape was not empty.
+		// An empty scrape (usually) is used to indicate a failed scrape.
+		sl.cache.iterDone(len(b) > 0)
+	}()
+
 loop:
 	for {
 		var et textparse.Entry
@@ -1229,19 +1242,7 @@ loop:
 			return err == nil
 		})
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return total, added, seriesAdded, err
-	}
-	if err := app.Commit(); err != nil {
-		return total, added, seriesAdded, err
-	}
-
-	// Only perform cache cleaning if the scrape was not empty.
-	// An empty scrape (usually) is used to indicate a failed scrape.
-	sl.cache.iterDone(len(b) > 0)
-
-	return total, added, seriesAdded, nil
+	return
 }
 
 func yoloString(b []byte) string {
@@ -1258,67 +1259,71 @@ const (
 	scrapeSeriesAddedMetricName  = "scrape_series_added" + "\xff"
 )
 
-func (sl *scrapeLoop) report(start time.Time, duration time.Duration, scraped, appended, seriesAdded int, err error) error {
-	sl.scraper.Report(start, duration, err)
+func (sl *scrapeLoop) report(start time.Time, duration time.Duration, scraped, appended, seriesAdded int, scrapeErr error) (err error) {
+	sl.scraper.Report(start, duration, scrapeErr)
 
 	ts := timestamp.FromTime(start)
 
 	var health float64
-	if err == nil {
+	if scrapeErr == nil {
 		health = 1
 	}
 	app := sl.appender()
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			app.Rollback()
+			return
+		}
+		err = app.Commit()
+	}()
 
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeHealthMetricName, ts, health); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeHealthMetricName, ts, health); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeDurationMetricName, ts, duration.Seconds()); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeDurationMetricName, ts, duration.Seconds()); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSamplesMetricName, ts, float64(scraped)); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSamplesMetricName, ts, float64(scraped)); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, samplesPostRelabelMetricName, ts, float64(appended)); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, samplesPostRelabelMetricName, ts, float64(appended)); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSeriesAddedMetricName, ts, float64(seriesAdded)); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSeriesAddedMetricName, ts, float64(seriesAdded)); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	return app.Commit()
+	return
 }
 
-func (sl *scrapeLoop) reportStale(start time.Time) error {
+func (sl *scrapeLoop) reportStale(start time.Time) (err error) {
 	ts := timestamp.FromTime(start)
 	app := sl.appender()
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			app.Rollback()
+			return
+		}
+		err = app.Commit()
+	}()
 
 	stale := math.Float64frombits(value.StaleNaN)
 
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeHealthMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeHealthMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeDurationMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeDurationMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSamplesMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSamplesMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, samplesPostRelabelMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, samplesPostRelabelMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	if err := sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSeriesAddedMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
-		app.Rollback()
-		return err
+	if err = sl.addReportSample(app, scrapeSeriesAddedMetricName, ts, stale); err != nil {
+		return
 	}
-	return app.Commit()
+	return
 }
 
 func (sl *scrapeLoop) addReportSample(app storage.Appender, s string, t int64, v float64) error {
diff --git a/tsdb/head.go b/tsdb/head.go
index 0de0430000..197fbe2877 100644
--- a/tsdb/head.go
+++ b/tsdb/head.go
@@ -1079,7 +1079,10 @@ func (a *headAppender) Commit() error {
 }
 
 func (a *headAppender) Rollback() error {
-	a.head.metrics.activeAppenders.Dec()
+	defer a.head.metrics.activeAppenders.Dec()
+	defer a.head.iso.closeAppend(a.appendID)
+	defer a.head.putSeriesBuffer(a.sampleSeries)
+
 	var series *memSeries
 	for i := range a.samples {
 		series = a.sampleSeries[i]
@@ -1090,8 +1093,6 @@ func (a *headAppender) Rollback() error {
 	}
 	a.head.putAppendBuffer(a.samples)
 	a.samples = nil
-	a.head.putSeriesBuffer(a.sampleSeries)
-	a.head.iso.closeAppend(a.appendID)
 
 	// Series are created in the head memory regardless of rollback. Thus we have
 	// to log them to the WAL in any case.