diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
index ad44b2bf43c..a59896f0825 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@ SnapBuildInitialSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder)
 		TransactionIdAdvance(xid);
 	}
 
+	/* adjust remaining snapshot fields as needed */
+	snap->snapshot_type = SNAPSHOT_MVCC;
 	snap->xcnt = newxcnt;
 	snap->xip = newxip;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c b/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c
index 6e02585e10e..3b442935bb6 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c
@@ -1509,6 +1509,8 @@ ImportSnapshot(const char *idstr)
 	src_isolevel = parseIntFromText("iso:", &filebuf, path);
 	src_readonly = parseIntFromText("ro:", &filebuf, path);
 
+	snapshot.snapshot_type = SNAPSHOT_MVCC;
+
 	snapshot.xmin = parseXidFromText("xmin:", &filebuf, path);
 	snapshot.xmax = parseXidFromText("xmax:", &filebuf, path);