diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/heap.c b/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
index 0cf7b9e..2497a1e 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
@@ -1380,8 +1380,7 @@ heap_create_init_fork(Relation rel)
 {
 	RelationOpenSmgr(rel);
 	smgrcreate(rel->rd_smgr, INIT_FORKNUM, false);
-	if (XLogIsNeeded())
-		log_smgrcreate(&rel->rd_smgr->smgr_rnode.node, INIT_FORKNUM);
+	log_smgrcreate(&rel->rd_smgr->smgr_rnode.node, INIT_FORKNUM);
 	smgrimmedsync(rel->rd_smgr, INIT_FORKNUM);
 }