diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchControl.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchControl.java
index 009a6781b6..220842cf22 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchControl.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/persist/BatchControl.java
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ public final class BatchControl {
    */
   private int bufferMax;
 
-  private final Queue[] queues = new Queue[3];
+  private final Queue[] queues = new Queue[2];
 
-  static final int DELETE_QUEUE = 1;
-  static final int INSERT_QUEUE = 2;
+  static final int DELETE_QUEUE = 0;
+  static final int INSERT_QUEUE = 1;
 
   /**
    * Create for a given transaction, PersistExecute, default size and getGeneratedKeys.
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ public void clear() {
   }
 
   private void flushBuffer(boolean reset) throws BatchedSqlException {
-    flushQueue(queues[0]);
     flushInternal(reset);
     flushQueue(queues[DELETE_QUEUE]);
     flushQueue(queues[INSERT_QUEUE]);