diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c
index 7c6692dee6e..b07a54a9216 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogrecovery.c
@@ -811,6 +811,16 @@ InitWalRecovery(ControlFileData *ControlFile, bool *wasShutdown_ptr,
 		}
 		memcpy(&checkPoint, XLogRecGetData(xlogreader), sizeof(CheckPoint));
 		wasShutdown = ((record->xl_info & ~XLR_INFO_MASK) == XLOG_CHECKPOINT_SHUTDOWN);
+
+		/* Make sure that REDO location exists. */
+		if (checkPoint.redo < CheckPointLoc)
+		{
+			XLogPrefetcherBeginRead(xlogprefetcher, checkPoint.redo);
+			if (!ReadRecord(xlogprefetcher, LOG, false, checkPoint.ThisTimeLineID))
+				ereport(PANIC,
+						errmsg("could not find redo location %X/%08X referenced by checkpoint record at %X/%08X",
+							   LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(checkPoint.redo), LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(CheckPointLoc)));
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*