diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9a033e1573..3af1d90076 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+6308.	[bug]		Prevent crashes caused by the zone journal getting
+			destroyed before all changes from an incoming IXFR are
+			written to it. [GL #4496]
+
 6307.	[bug]		Obtain a client->handle reference when calling
 			async_restart. [GL #4439]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/probes.d b/lib/dns/probes.d
index 2d9f2c3d62..f5abec43ca 100644
--- a/lib/dns/probes.d
+++ b/lib/dns/probes.d
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ provider libdns {
 	probe xfrin_connected(void *, char *, int);
 	probe xfrin_done_callback_begin(void *, char *, int);
 	probe xfrin_done_callback_end(void *, char *, int);
-	probe xfrin_journal_destroy_begin(void *, char *, int);
-	probe xfrin_journal_destroy_end(void *, char *, int);
 	probe xfrin_read(void *, char *, int);
 	probe xfrin_recv_answer(void *, char *, void *);
 	probe xfrin_recv_done(void *, char *, int);
diff --git a/lib/dns/xfrin.c b/lib/dns/xfrin.c
index 697e8507c9..9ac923f5e7 100644
--- a/lib/dns/xfrin.c
+++ b/lib/dns/xfrin.c
@@ -1656,13 +1656,6 @@ get_edns_expire(dns_xfrin_t *xfr, dns_message_t *msg) {
 
 static void
 xfrin_end(dns_xfrin_t *xfr, isc_result_t result) {
-	/* Close the journal. */
-	if (xfr->ixfr.journal != NULL) {
-		LIBDNS_XFRIN_JOURNAL_DESTROY_BEGIN(xfr, xfr->info, result);
-		dns_journal_destroy(&xfr->ixfr.journal);
-		LIBDNS_XFRIN_JOURNAL_DESTROY_END(xfr, xfr->info, result);
-	}
-
 	/* Inform the caller. */
 	if (xfr->done != NULL) {
 		LIBDNS_XFRIN_DONE_CALLBACK_BEGIN(xfr, xfr->info, result);