diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
index 03c43efc32..ee5fe8efa6 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c
@@ -1093,8 +1093,6 @@ lazy_scan_heap(Relation onerel, VacuumParams *params, LVRelStats *vacrelstats,
 
 		if (PageIsNew(page))
 		{
-			bool		still_new;
-
 			/*
 			 * All-zeroes pages can be left over if either a backend extends
 			 * the relation by a single page, but crashes before the newly
@@ -1118,10 +1116,9 @@ lazy_scan_heap(Relation onerel, VacuumParams *params, LVRelStats *vacrelstats,
 			 * Perform checking of FSM after releasing lock, the fsm is
 			 * approximate, after all.
 			 */
-			still_new = PageIsNew(page);
 			UnlockReleaseBuffer(buf);
 
-			if (still_new)
+			if (PageIsNew(page))
 			{
 				empty_pages++;