diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 4406a69ef26..dc3499349b6 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -3039,6 +3039,7 @@ l1:
 	if (RelationNeedsWAL(relation))
 	{
 		xl_heap_delete xlrec;
+		xl_heap_header xlhdr;
 		XLogRecPtr	recptr;
 
 		/* For logical decode we need combocids to properly decode the catalog */
@@ -3073,8 +3074,6 @@ l1:
 		 */
 		if (old_key_tuple != NULL)
 		{
-			xl_heap_header xlhdr;
-
 			xlhdr.t_infomask2 = old_key_tuple->t_data->t_infomask2;
 			xlhdr.t_infomask = old_key_tuple->t_data->t_infomask;
 			xlhdr.t_hoff = old_key_tuple->t_data->t_hoff;