diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
index ff8764b4a14..402e76e72bf 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ lazy_scan_heap(Relation onerel, LVRelStats *vacrelstats,
 		{
 			/* Remove tuples from heap */
 			lazy_vacuum_page(onerel, blkno, buf, 0, vacrelstats);
+			has_dead_tuples = false;
 
 			/*
 			 * Forget the now-vacuumed tuples, and press on, but be careful