diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
         if tr:
             # delay writing in-memory changes out
             tr.addfilegenerator(
-                b'dirstate',
+                b'dirstate-1-main',
                 (self._filename,),
                 lambda f: self._writedirstate(tr, f),
                 location=b'plain',
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
             # changes written out above, even if dirstate is never
             # changed after this
             tr.addfilegenerator(
-                b'dirstate',
+                b'dirstate-1-main',
                 (self._filename,),
                 lambda f: self._writedirstate(tr, f),
                 location=b'plain',
diff --git a/mercurial/transaction.py b/mercurial/transaction.py
--- a/mercurial/transaction.py
+++ b/mercurial/transaction.py
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ version = 2
 # These are the file generators that should only be executed after the
 # finalizers are done, since they rely on the output of the finalizers (like
 # the changelog having been written).
-postfinalizegenerators = {b'bookmarks', b'dirstate'}
+postfinalizegenerators = {
+    b'bookmarks',
+    b'dirstate-1-main',
+}
 
 GEN_GROUP_ALL = b'all'
 GEN_GROUP_PRE_FINALIZE = b'prefinalize'