diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/expected/twophase.out b/contrib/test_decoding/expected/twophase.out
index 08a7c56b5df..ea3c51f8215 100644
--- a/contrib/test_decoding/expected/twophase.out
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/expected/twophase.out
@@ -227,6 +227,31 @@ SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'inc
  COMMIT PREPARED 'test_toast_table_access'
 (1 row)
 
+-- Test that an empty prepared transaction should not be decoded, whether it
+-- is committed or rolled back.
+BEGIN;
+SELECT * FROM test_prepared1 WHERE id = 1 FOR SHARE;
+ id | data 
+----+------
+  1 | 
+(1 row)
+
+PREPARE TRANSACTION 'test_empty_transaction';
+COMMIT PREPARED 'test_empty_transaction';
+BEGIN;
+SELECT * FROM test_prepared1 WHERE id = 1 FOR SHARE;
+ id | data 
+----+------
+  1 | 
+(1 row)
+
+PREPARE TRANSACTION 'test_empty_transaction';
+ROLLBACK PREPARED 'test_empty_transaction';
+SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1');
+ data 
+------
+(0 rows)
+
 -- Test 8:
 -- cleanup and make sure results are also empty
 DROP TABLE test_prepared1;
diff --git a/contrib/test_decoding/sql/twophase.sql b/contrib/test_decoding/sql/twophase.sql
index 4b9ef0c0c44..834e5282c30 100644
--- a/contrib/test_decoding/sql/twophase.sql
+++ b/contrib/test_decoding/sql/twophase.sql
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@ COMMIT PREPARED 'test_toast_table_access';
 -- consume commit prepared
 SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1', 'stream-changes', '1');
 
+-- Test that an empty prepared transaction should not be decoded, whether it
+-- is committed or rolled back.
+BEGIN;
+SELECT * FROM test_prepared1 WHERE id = 1 FOR SHARE;
+PREPARE TRANSACTION 'test_empty_transaction';
+COMMIT PREPARED 'test_empty_transaction';
+BEGIN;
+SELECT * FROM test_prepared1 WHERE id = 1 FOR SHARE;
+PREPARE TRANSACTION 'test_empty_transaction';
+ROLLBACK PREPARED 'test_empty_transaction';
+SELECT data FROM pg_logical_slot_get_changes('regression_slot', NULL, NULL, 'include-xids', '0', 'skip-empty-xacts', '1');
+
 -- Test 8:
 -- cleanup and make sure results are also empty
 DROP TABLE test_prepared1;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
index 216fdde0868..b56febd24e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
@@ -2933,6 +2933,24 @@ ReorderBufferFinishPrepared(ReorderBuffer *rb, TransactionId xid,
 							txn->xact_time.prepare_time, txn->origin_id, txn->origin_lsn);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If this transaction has no snapshot, it didn't make any changes to the
+	 * database, so there's nothing to decode.  Note that
+	 * ReorderBufferCommitChild will have transferred any snapshots from
+	 * subtransactions if there were any.
+	 */
+	if (txn->base_snapshot == NULL)
+	{
+		Assert(txn->ninvalidations == 0);
+
+		/*
+		 * Removing this txn before a commit might result in the computation
+		 * of an incorrect restart_lsn. See SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts.
+		 */
+		ReorderBufferCleanupTXN(rb, txn);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	txn->final_lsn = commit_lsn;
 	txn->end_lsn = end_lsn;
 	txn->xact_time.commit_time = commit_time;
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/021_twophase.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/021_twophase.pl
index 94a6d53794e..9fa10bb5f82 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/021_twophase.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/021_twophase.pl
@@ -309,6 +309,47 @@ $result = $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"SELECT count(*) FROM pg_prepared_xacts;");
 is($result, qq(0), 'transaction is aborted on subscriber');
 
+###############################
+# Test that an empty prepared transaction is not replicated.
+#
+# A transaction that is assigned an XID but makes no change decoded by logical
+# replication (here, via a row lock) must not be sent to the subscriber.
+# Otherwise the subscriber would receive a PREPARE with no preceding BEGIN
+# PREPARE and error out, breaking replication.
+###############################
+
+# An empty prepared transaction that is committed.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', "
+	BEGIN;
+	SELECT a FROM tab_full WHERE a = 1 FOR SHARE;
+	PREPARE TRANSACTION 'test_empty_prepared';
+	COMMIT PREPARED 'test_empty_prepared';");
+
+# An empty prepared transaction that is rolled back.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', "
+	BEGIN;
+	SELECT a FROM tab_full WHERE a = 1 FOR SHARE;
+	PREPARE TRANSACTION 'test_empty_prepared';
+	ROLLBACK PREPARED 'test_empty_prepared';");
+
+# A subsequent normal change must still replicate.  Reaching catchup confirms
+# the apply worker was not stalled by the empty prepared transactions above.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', "INSERT INTO tab_full VALUES (31);");
+$node_publisher->wait_for_catchup($appname);
+
+# The empty transactions must not have been prepared on the subscriber.
+$result = $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM pg_prepared_xacts;");
+is($result, qq(0), 'empty prepared transaction is not replicated');
+
+# The subsequent change is visible, so replication is healthy.
+$result = $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"SELECT count(*) FROM tab_full WHERE a = 31;");
+is($result, qq(1),
+	'replication continues after an empty prepared transaction');
+
 ###############################
 # copy_data=false and two_phase
 ###############################