diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 1585861a021..1b2f70499e5 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -7086,7 +7086,6 @@ heap_compute_xid_horizon_for_tuples(Relation rel,
 		{
 			hoffnum = ItemIdGetRedirect(hitemid);
 			hitemid = PageGetItemId(hpage, hoffnum);
-			CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 		}
 
 		/*