diff --git a/src/adapters/IDB.js b/src/adapters/IDB.js
index 6ba9e2d91..3f13f8a38 100644
--- a/src/adapters/IDB.js
+++ b/src/adapters/IDB.js
@@ -534,7 +534,19 @@ export default class IDB extends BaseAdapter {
   async loadDump(records) {
     try {
       await this.execute(transaction => {
-        records.forEach(record => transaction.update(record));
+        // Since the put operations are asynchronous, we chain
+        // them together. The last one will be waited for the
+        // `transaction.oncomplete` callback.
+        let i = 0;
+        putNext();
+
+        function putNext() {
+          if (i == records.length) {
+            return;
+          }
+          transaction.update(records[i]).onsuccess = putNext;
+          ++i;
+        }
       });
       const previousLastModified = await this.getLastModified();
       const lastModified = Math.max(
@@ -567,7 +579,7 @@ function transactionProxy(adapter, store, preloaded = []) {
     },
 
     update(record) {
-      store.put({ ...record, _cid });
+      return store.put({ ...record, _cid });
     },
 
     delete(id) {