diff --git a/mercurial/revlog.py b/mercurial/revlog.py
--- a/mercurial/revlog.py
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py
@@ -1965,6 +1965,7 @@
             # manager
 
         tr.replace(self.indexfile, trindex * self._io.size)
+        nodemaputil.setup_persistent_nodemap(tr, self)
         self._chunkclear()
 
     def _nodeduplicatecallback(self, transaction, node):
diff --git a/mercurial/revlogutils/nodemap.py b/mercurial/revlogutils/nodemap.py
--- a/mercurial/revlogutils/nodemap.py
+++ b/mercurial/revlogutils/nodemap.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 
     (only actually persist the nodemap if this is relevant for this revlog)
     """
+    if revlog._inline:
+        return  # inlined revlog are too small for this to be relevant
     if revlog.nodemap_file is None:
         return  # we do not use persistent_nodemap on this revlog
     callback_id = b"revlog-persistent-nodemap-%s" % revlog.nodemap_file