diff --git a/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c b/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
index 9033a9df35f..c0fff4c6b80 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ spgvacuumpage(spgBulkDeleteState *bds, BlockNumber blkno)
 	 */
 	if (!SpGistBlockIsRoot(blkno))
 	{
-		if (PageIsEmpty(page))
+		if (PageIsNew(page) || PageIsEmpty(page))
 		{
 			RecordFreeIndexPage(index, blkno);
 			bds->stats->pages_deleted++;