diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsearch.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsearch.c
index 4fba75aaf66a613ed198894384c2708f5d47ea29..b6459d2f2a0e434b816e95a34109d35e9f070600 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsearch.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsearch.c
@@ -1345,10 +1345,10 @@ _bt_steppage(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 			CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 			/* step right one page */
 			so->currPos.buf = _bt_getbuf(rel, blkno, BT_READ);
-			/* check for deleted page */
 			page = BufferGetPage(so->currPos.buf);
 			TestForOldSnapshot(scan->xs_snapshot, rel, page);
 			opaque = (BTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
+			/* check for deleted page */
 			if (!P_IGNORE(opaque))
 			{
 				PredicateLockPage(rel, blkno, scan->xs_snapshot);