diff --git a/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c b/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
index d40da0eecca..06c0b0af7ee 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/spgist/spgvacuum.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ spgvacuumpage(spgBulkDeleteState *bds, BlockNumber blkno)
 	 */
 	if (!SpGistBlockIsRoot(blkno))
 	{
-		if (PageIsEmpty(page))
+		if (PageIsNew(page) || PageIsEmpty(page))
 		{
 			RecordFreeIndexPage(index, blkno);
 			bds->stats->pages_deleted++;