diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/local/simple_db.ts b/packages/firestore/src/local/simple_db.ts
index 9a815086661..62d3bce1f82 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/local/simple_db.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/local/simple_db.ts
@@ -294,23 +294,26 @@ export class SimpleDb {
         // caller.
         await transaction.completionPromise;
         return transactionFnResult;
-      } catch (e) {
+      } catch (error) {
         // TODO(schmidt-sebastian): We could probably be smarter about this and
         // not retry exceptions that are likely unrecoverable (such as quota
         // exceeded errors).
+        
+        // Note: We cannot use an instanceof check for FirestoreException, since the
+        // exception is wrapped in a generic error by our async/await handling.
         const retryable =
           idempotent &&
-          isDomException(e) &&
+          error.name !== 'FirebaseError' &&
           attemptNumber < TRANSACTION_RETRY_COUNT;
         debug(
           LOG_TAG,
           'Transaction failed with error: %s. Retrying: %s.',
-          e.message,
+          error.message,
           retryable
         );
 
         if (!retryable) {
-          return Promise.reject(e);
+          return Promise.reject(error);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -801,13 +804,3 @@ function checkForAndReportiOSError(error: DOMException): Error {
   }
   return error;
 }
-
-/** Checks whether an error is a DOMException (e.g. as thrown by IndexedDb). */
-function isDomException(error: Error): boolean {
-  // DOMException is not a global type in Node with persistence, and hence we
-  // check the constructor name if the type in unknown.
-  return (
-    (typeof DOMException !== 'undefined' && error instanceof DOMException) ||
-    error.constructor.name === 'DOMException'
-  );
-}
diff --git a/packages/firestore/test/unit/local/simple_db.test.ts b/packages/firestore/test/unit/local/simple_db.test.ts
index a2ef3c075cc..e54d80c0517 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/test/unit/local/simple_db.test.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/test/unit/local/simple_db.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 import { PersistencePromise } from '../../../src/local/persistence_promise';
 
 import { fail } from '../../../src/util/assert';
+import { Code, FirestoreError } from '../../../src/util/error';
 
 use(chaiAsPromised);
 
@@ -551,8 +552,8 @@ describe('SimpleDb', () => {
     await expect(
       db.runTransaction('readwrite-idempotent', ['users'], txn => {
         ++attemptCount;
-        txn.abort();
-        return PersistencePromise.reject(new Error('Aborted'));
+        txn.abort(new FirestoreError(Code.ABORTED, 'Aborted'));
+        return PersistencePromise.reject(new Error());
       })
     ).to.eventually.be.rejected;