diff --git a/octavia/db/repositories.py b/octavia/db/repositories.py
index f6b0270aac..fe7deb9ba4 100644
--- a/octavia/db/repositories.py
+++ b/octavia/db/repositories.py
@@ -1244,23 +1244,22 @@ class AmphoraRepository(BaseRepository):
         :param amphora_id: The amphora id to list the load balancers from
         :returns: [octavia.common.data_model]
         """
-        with session.begin():
-            db_lb = (
-                # Get LB records
-                session.query(models.LoadBalancer)
-                # Joined to amphora records
-                .filter(models.LoadBalancer.id ==
-                        models.Amphora.load_balancer_id)
-                # For just this amphora
-                .filter(models.Amphora.id == amphora_id)
-                # Where the amphora is not DELETED
-                .filter(models.Amphora.status != consts.DELETED)
-                # And the LB is also not DELETED
-                .filter(models.LoadBalancer.provisioning_status !=
-                        consts.DELETED)).first()
-            if db_lb:
-                return db_lb.to_data_model()
-            return None
+        db_lb = (
+            # Get LB records
+            session.query(models.LoadBalancer)
+            # Joined to amphora records
+            .filter(models.LoadBalancer.id ==
+                    models.Amphora.load_balancer_id)
+            # For just this amphora
+            .filter(models.Amphora.id == amphora_id)
+            # Where the amphora is not DELETED
+            .filter(models.Amphora.status != consts.DELETED)
+            # And the LB is also not DELETED
+            .filter(models.LoadBalancer.provisioning_status !=
+                    consts.DELETED)).first()
+        if db_lb:
+            return db_lb.to_data_model()
+        return None
 
     def get_cert_expiring_amphora(self, session):
         """Retrieves an amphora whose cert is close to expiring..
diff --git a/octavia/tests/functional/db/test_repositories.py b/octavia/tests/functional/db/test_repositories.py
index ed0fd3c343..7237399496 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/functional/db/test_repositories.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/functional/db/test_repositories.py
@@ -3721,21 +3721,12 @@ class AmphoraRepositoryTest(BaseRepositoryTest):
         self.assertIsInstance(new_amphora, data_models.Amphora)
 
     def test_get_lb_for_amphora(self):
-        # TODO(bzhao) this test will raise error as there are more than 64
-        # tables in a Join statement in sqlite env. This is a new issue when
-        # we introduce resources tags and client certificates, both of them
-        # are 1:1 relationship. But we can image that if we have many
-        # associated loadbalancer subresources, such as listeners, pools,
-        # members and l7 resources. Even though, we don't have tags and
-        # client certificates features, we will still hit this issue in
-        # sqlite env.
-        self.skipTest("No idea how this should work yet")
         amphora = self.create_amphora(self.FAKE_UUID_1)
         self.amphora_repo.associate(self.session, self.lb.id, amphora.id)
         self.session.commit()
         lb = self.amphora_repo.get_lb_for_amphora(self.session, amphora.id)
         self.assertIsNotNone(lb)
-        self.assertEqual(self.lb, lb)
+        self.assertEqual(self.lb.id, lb.id)
 
     def test_get_all_deleted_expiring_amphora(self):
         exp_age = datetime.timedelta(seconds=self.FAKE_EXP_AGE)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-amphora-update-api-call-d90853d7f75304a4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-amphora-update-api-call-d90853d7f75304a4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad9586a2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-amphora-update-api-call-d90853d7f75304a4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed a bug that prevented the amphora from being updated by the Amphora
+    Configure API call, the API call was succesfull but the internal flow for
+    updating it failed.