diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 5a54a3ab..65a01db5 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -3548,12 +3548,19 @@ int processCommand(client *c) {
         return C_OK;
     }
 
-    /* Lua script too slow? Only allow a limited number of commands. */
+    /* Lua script too slow? Only allow a limited number of commands.
+     * Note that we need to allow the transactions commands, otherwise clients
+     * sending a transaction with pipelining without error checking, may have
+     * the MULTI plus a few initial commands refused, then the timeout
+     * condition resolves, and the bottom-half of the transaction gets
+     * executed, see Github PR #7022. */
     if (server.lua_timedout &&
           c->cmd->proc != authCommand &&
           c->cmd->proc != helloCommand &&
           c->cmd->proc != replconfCommand &&
-          c->cmd->proc != multiCommand && c->cmd->proc != execCommand && c->cmd->proc != discardCommand &&
+          c->cmd->proc != multiCommand &&
+          c->cmd->proc != execCommand &&
+          c->cmd->proc != discardCommand &&
         !(c->cmd->proc == shutdownCommand &&
           c->argc == 2 &&
           tolower(((char*)c->argv[1]->ptr)[0]) == 'n') &&