diff --git a/src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c b/src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c
index b4bca7eed6f..72f1494c7ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ mdcreate(SMgrRelation reln, ForkNumber forkNum, bool isRedo)
 	mdfd = &reln->md_seg_fds[forkNum][0];
 	mdfd->mdfd_vfd = fd;
 	mdfd->mdfd_segno = 0;
+
+	if (!SmgrIsTemp(reln))
+		register_dirty_segment(reln, forkNum, mdfd);
 }
 
 /*