diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 2955e9bf5fb..baf188fbde8 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -6954,7 +6954,6 @@ SetLastWrittenLSNForBlockv(const XLogRecPtr *lsns, RelFileLocator relfilenode,
 	for (int i = 0; i < nblocks; i++)
 	{
 		XLogRecPtr	lsn = lsns[i];
-		max = Max(max, lsn);
 
 		key.blockNum = blockno + i;
 		entry = hash_search(lastWrittenLsnCache, &key, HASH_ENTER, &found);
@@ -6983,11 +6982,9 @@ SetLastWrittenLSNForBlockv(const XLogRecPtr *lsns, RelFileLocator relfilenode,
 		}
 		/* Link to the end of LRU list */
 		dlist_push_tail(&XLogCtl->lastWrittenLsnLRU, &entry->lru_node);
+		max = Max(max, lsn);
 	}
 
-	if (max > XLogCtl->maxLastWrittenLsn)
-		XLogCtl->maxLastWrittenLsn = max;
-
 	LWLockRelease(LastWrittenLsnLock);
 
 	return max;