diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index b77c32c6ab6..1accdd9d99a 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -5516,8 +5516,14 @@ FreezeMultiXactId(MultiXactId multi, uint16 t_infomask,
 		 * was a locker only, it can be removed without any further
 		 * consideration; but if it contained an update, we might need to
 		 * preserve it.
+		 *
+		 * Don't assert MultiXactIdIsRunning if the multi came from a
+		 * pg_upgrade'd share-locked tuple, though, as doing that causes an
+		 * error to be raised unnecessarily.
 		 */
-		Assert(!MultiXactIdIsRunning(multi));
+		Assert((!(t_infomask & HEAP_LOCK_MASK) &&
+				HEAP_XMAX_IS_LOCKED_ONLY(t_infomask)) ||
+			   !MultiXactIdIsRunning(multi));
 		if (HEAP_XMAX_IS_LOCKED_ONLY(t_infomask))
 		{
 			*flags |= FRM_INVALIDATE_XMAX;