diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/hashfuncs.c b/contrib/pageinspect/hashfuncs.c
index dbe3b6ab046..778e15dde49 100644
--- a/contrib/pageinspect/hashfuncs.c
+++ b/contrib/pageinspect/hashfuncs.c
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ hash_page_items(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 		fctx = SRF_FIRSTCALL_INIT();
 
-		page = verify_hash_page(raw_page, LH_BUCKET_PAGE | LH_OVERFLOW_PAGE);
-
 		mctx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(fctx->multi_call_memory_ctx);
 
+		page = verify_hash_page(raw_page, LH_BUCKET_PAGE | LH_OVERFLOW_PAGE);
+
 		uargs = palloc(sizeof(struct user_args));
 
 		uargs->page = page;