diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c b/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c
index bef40b30c9e..f18c9a82a9e 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ retry:
 			XactLockTableWait(xwait, NULL, NULL, XLTW_None);
 			goto retry;
 		}
+
+		/* Found our tuple and it's not locked */
+		break;
 	}
 
 	/* Found tuple, try to lock it in the lockmode. */