diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c
index b153fad594d..134c78f12b5 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c
@@ -1171,6 +1171,10 @@ log_newpage_range(Relation rel, ForkNumber forkNum,
 			blkno++;
 		}
 
+		/* Nothing more to do if all remaining blocks were empty. */
+		if (nbufs == 0)
+			break;
+
 		/* Write WAL record for this batch. */
 		XLogBeginInsert();