diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
index 485a5029928..f4bffb7d907 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ lazy_scan_heap(Relation onerel, LVRelStats *vacrelstats,
 		{
 			/* Remove tuples from heap */
 			lazy_vacuum_page(onerel, blkno, buf, 0, vacrelstats);
+			has_dead_tuples = false;
 
 			/*
 			 * Forget the now-vacuumed tuples, and press on, but be careful