diff --git a/src/gatt-database.c b/src/gatt-database.c
index be6dfb2..8cf60c5 100644
--- a/src/gatt-database.c
+++ b/src/gatt-database.c
@@ -2378,6 +2378,26 @@ static struct pending_op *send_write(struct btd_device *device,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void flush_pending_write(void *data, void *user_data)
+{
+	GDBusProxy *proxy = user_data;
+	struct pending_op *op = data;
+
+	if (g_dbus_proxy_method_call(proxy, "WriteValue", write_setup_cb,
+					write_reply_cb,
+					op, pending_op_free) == TRUE)
+		return;
+
+	pending_op_free(op);
+}
+
+static void flush_pending_writes(GDBusProxy *proxy,
+					struct queue *owner_queue)
+{
+	queue_foreach(owner_queue, flush_pending_write, proxy);
+	queue_remove_all(owner_queue, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 static bool sock_hup(struct io *io, void *user_data)
 {
 	struct external_chrc *chrc = user_data;
@@ -2488,18 +2508,19 @@ static void acquire_write_reply(DBusMessage *message, void *user_data)
 
 	chrc->write_io = sock_io_new(fd, chrc);
 
-	if (sock_io_send(chrc->write_io, op->data.iov_base,
-				op->data.iov_len) < 0)
-		goto retry;
+	while ((op = queue_peek_head(chrc->pending_writes)) != NULL) {
+		if (sock_io_send(chrc->write_io, op->data.iov_base,
+					op->data.iov_len) < 0)
+			goto retry;
 
-	gatt_db_attribute_write_result(op->attrib, op->id, 0);
+		gatt_db_attribute_write_result(op->attrib, op->id, 0);
+		pending_op_free(op);
+	}
 
 	return;
 
 retry:
-	send_write(op->device, op->attrib, chrc->proxy, NULL, op->id,
-				op->data.iov_base, op->data.iov_len, 0,
-				op->link_type, false, false);
+	flush_pending_writes(chrc->proxy, chrc->pending_writes);
 }
 
 static void acquire_write_setup(DBusMessageIter *iter, void *user_data)
@@ -2527,14 +2548,18 @@ static struct pending_op *acquire_write(struct external_chrc *chrc,
 					uint8_t link_type)
 {
 	struct pending_op *op;
+	bool acquiring = !queue_isempty(chrc->pending_writes);
 
 	op = pending_write_new(device, chrc->pending_writes, attrib, id, value,
 				len, 0, link_type, false, false);
 
+	if (acquiring)
+		return op;
+
 	if (g_dbus_proxy_method_call(chrc->proxy, "AcquireWrite",
 					acquire_write_setup,
 					acquire_write_reply,
-					op, pending_op_free))
+					op, NULL))
 		return op;
 
 	pending_op_free(op);