diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/BinaryJedis.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/BinaryJedis.java
index f08633f..af5a395 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/BinaryJedis.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/BinaryJedis.java
@@ -1679,6 +1679,7 @@ public class BinaryJedis implements BasicCommands, BinaryJedisCommands, MultiKey
 
     public Transaction multi() {
 	client.multi();
+	client.getOne();	// expected OK
 	return new Transaction(client);
     }
 
@@ -1687,6 +1688,7 @@ public class BinaryJedis implements BasicCommands, BinaryJedisCommands, MultiKey
 	jedisTransaction.setClient(client);
 	try {
 	    client.multi();
+	    client.getOne();	// expected OK
 	    jedisTransaction.execute();
 	    results = jedisTransaction.exec();
 	} catch (Exception ex) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Transaction.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Transaction.java
index 4d88932..11bb14a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Transaction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Transaction.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ public class Transaction extends MultiKeyPipelineBase {
     }
     
     public List<Object> exec() {
-    	// Discard multi
-    	consumeResponse(1);
     	// Discard QUEUED or ERROR
     	consumeResponse(getPipelinedResponseLength());
     	
@@ -67,8 +65,6 @@ public class Transaction extends MultiKeyPipelineBase {
     }
 
     public List<Response<?>> execGetResponse() {
-    	// Discard multi
-    	consumeResponse(1);
     	// Discard QUEUED or ERROR
     	consumeResponse(getPipelinedResponseLength());