diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/env.py b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/env.py
index 5855e0e208e..8fa37c9ce05 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/env.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/test/cmd/env.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import llnl.util.link_tree
 
 import spack.cmd.env
+import spack.concretize
 import spack.config
 import spack.environment as ev
 import spack.environment.environment
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 import spack.modules
 import spack.paths
 import spack.repo
+import spack.solver.asp
 import spack.util.spack_json as sjson
 from spack.cmd.env import _env_create
 from spack.main import SpackCommand, SpackCommandError
@@ -2746,6 +2748,40 @@ def test_virtual_spec_concretize_together(tmpdir):
     assert any(s.package.provides("mpi") for _, s in e.concretized_specs())
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "unify,method_to_fail",
+    [
+        (True, (spack.concretize, "concretize_specs_together")),
+        ("when_possible", (spack.solver.asp.Solver, "solve_in_rounds")),
+    ],
+)
+def test_concretize_transactional(unify, method_to_fail, monkeypatch):
+    e = ev.create("test")
+    e.unify = unify
+
+    e.add("mpi")
+    e.concretize()
+
+    def fail(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise Exception("Test failures")
+
+    location, method = method_to_fail
+    monkeypatch.setattr(location, method, fail)
+
+    first_user_specs = e.concretized_user_specs
+    first_order = e.concretized_order
+    first_hash_dict = e.specs_by_hash
+
+    try:
+        e.concretize(force=True)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    assert e.concretized_user_specs == first_user_specs
+    assert e.concretized_order == first_order
+    assert e.specs_by_hash == first_hash_dict
+
+
 def test_query_develop_specs():
     """Test whether a spec is develop'ed or not"""
     env("create", "test")