diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c
index c033e7bd4cf..3561fe9c112 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xloginsert.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,10 @@ log_newpage_range(Relation rel, ForkNumber forkNum,
 			blkno++;
 		}
 
+		/* Nothing more to do if all remaining blocks were empty. */
+		if (nbufs == 0)
+			break;
+
 		/* Write WAL record for this batch. */
 		XLogBeginInsert();