diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.test.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.test.ts
index 4cd0e501..4ec5e7da 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.test.ts
@@ -445,4 +445,22 @@ describe('reinstateInvite', () => {
     const row = testDb.select().from(schema.inviteLinks).where(eq(schema.inviteLinks.id, inv.id)).get();
     expect(row?.maxUses).toBe(1);
   });
+
+  it('Path A — rolls back token rotation when caller did not bump enough', () => {
+    const adminId = seedAdmin();
+    const inv = createInvite({ name: 'a', maxUses: 1, expiresAt: null }, adminId);
+    const originalToken = inv.token;
+    // Exhaust then revoke
+    testDb.update(schema.inviteLinks).set({ usedCount: 1 }).where(eq(schema.inviteLinks.id, inv.id)).run();
+    revokeInvite(inv.id);
+
+    // Try to reinstate without bumping maxUses — would-be Path A but post-state check rejects
+    expect(() => reinstateInvite(inv.id, {})).toThrow(InviteValidationError);
+
+    // Verify rollback: original token preserved, revokedAt still set, usedCount still at limit
+    const row = testDb.select().from(schema.inviteLinks).where(eq(schema.inviteLinks.id, inv.id)).get();
+    expect(row?.token).toBe(originalToken);
+    expect(row?.revokedAt).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(row?.usedCount).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.ts
index d318227f..c068f795 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/inviteService.ts
@@ -441,6 +441,12 @@ export function reinstateInvite(id: string, req: ReinstateInviteRequest): Reinst
       updates.expiresAt = validateExpiresAt(req.expiresAt, true);
     }
 
+    // Skip the UPDATE entirely when there's nothing to set — Drizzle throws
+    // 'No values to set' before our post-state validator can produce the
+    // user-facing InviteValidationError. Path C (already active) handles its
+    // rejection above, so an empty updates map only reaches here when the
+    // caller didn't provide bumps for an expired/exhausted invite — the
+    // post-state check below will throw the correct error in that case.
     if (Object.keys(updates).length > 0) {
       tx.update(schema.inviteLinks).set(updates).where(eq(schema.inviteLinks.id, id)).run();
     }