diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/ScheduledPublishing.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/ScheduledPublishing.cs
index 919a531549..52cca003b7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/ScheduledPublishing.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/ScheduledPublishing.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Scheduling
             finally
             {
                 if (tempContext != null)
+                {
+                    // because we created an http context and assigned it to UmbracoContext,
+                    // the batched messenger does batch instructions, but since there is no
+                    // request, we need to explicitely tell it to flush the batch of instrs.
+                    var batchedMessenger = ServerMessengerResolver.Current.Messenger as BatchedDatabaseServerMessenger;
+                    if (batchedMessenger != null)
+                        batchedMessenger.FlushBatch();
+
                     tempContext.Dispose(); // nulls the ThreadStatic context
+                }
             }
 
             return true; // repeat