diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
index e0c7ad11caa..7a3d9b4b012 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
@@ -5265,6 +5265,7 @@ PushTransaction(void)
 	s->blockState = TBLOCK_SUBBEGIN;
 	GetUserIdAndSecContext(&s->prevUser, &s->prevSecContext);
 	s->prevXactReadOnly = XactReadOnly;
+	s->startedInRecovery = p->startedInRecovery;
 	s->parallelModeLevel = 0;
 	s->topXidLogged = false;