diff --git a/1065-core-only-activate-transaction-that-contain-useful-j.patch b/1065-core-only-activate-transaction-that-contain-useful-j.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6cb81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1065-core-only-activate-transaction-that-contain-useful-j.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 63899267ba57ab4b0b11c039f5c6b03a78528aa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Sekletar <msekleta@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:18:41 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] core: only activate transaction that contain useful jobs
+
+If no real jobs were added to the transaction, do not activate it.
+The JOB_NOP anchor does not perform any useful work and activating
+such transaction only wastes resources.
+
+Fixes #9751
+
+(cherry picked from commit bcbf80c43d107ad233edc990a60bdc40f517085a)
+Resolves: RHEL-138710
+---
+ src/core/manager.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
+index 5212650fec..d95a6db77c 100644
+--- a/src/core/manager.c
++++ b/src/core/manager.c
+@@ -1810,6 +1810,11 @@ int manager_propagate_reload(Manager *m, Unit *unit, JobMode mode, sd_bus_error
+         /* Failure in adding individual dependencies is ignored, so this always succeeds. */
+         transaction_add_propagate_reload_jobs(tr, unit, tr->anchor_job, mode == JOB_IGNORE_DEPENDENCIES, e);
+ 
++        /* Only activate the transaction if it contains jobs other than NOP anchor.
++         * Short-circuiting here avoids unnecessary processing, such as emitting D-Bus signals. */
++        if (hashmap_size(tr->jobs) <= 1)
++                return 0;
++
+         r = transaction_activate(tr, m, mode, NULL, e);
+         if (r < 0)
+                 goto tr_abort;
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 4c34539..4060bde 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 Version:        239
-Release:        82%{?dist}.13
+Release:        82%{?dist}.14
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+
 Summary:        System and Service Manager
@@ -1114,6 +1114,7 @@ Patch1061: 1061-core-transaction-do-not-log-null.patch
 Patch1062: 1062-run-update-checks-to-allow-running-with-a-user-s-bus.patch
 Patch1063: 1063-Revert-run-update-checks-to-allow-running-with-a-use.patch
 Patch1064: 1064-logind-fix-crash-in-logind-on-user-specified-message.patch
+Patch1065: 1065-core-only-activate-transaction-that-contain-useful-j.patch
 
 %ifarch %{ix86} x86_64 aarch64
 %global have_gnu_efi 1
@@ -1740,6 +1741,9 @@ fi
 %files tests -f .file-list-tests
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 21 2026 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 239-82.14
+- core: only activate transaction that contain useful jobs (RHEL-138710)
+
 * Mon Dec 08 2025 systemd maintenance team <systemd-maint@redhat.com> - 239-82.13
 - logind: fix crash in logind on user-specified message string (RHEL-132317)