diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
index 80efd1d1fba..60bc7c8829e 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ lazy_scan_heap(Relation onerel, LVRelStats *vacrelstats,
 		{
 			/* Remove tuples from heap */
 			lazy_vacuum_page(onerel, blkno, buf, 0, vacrelstats);
+			has_dead_tuples = false;
+
 			/* Forget the now-vacuumed tuples, and press on */
 			vacrelstats->num_dead_tuples = 0;
 			vacuumed_pages++;