diff --git a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
index 38696cf707..1c9425789a 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.143 2004/08/30 02:54:38 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.144 2004/08/30 03:50:24 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1136,6 +1136,13 @@ dbase_redo(XLogRecPtr lsn, XLogRecord *record)
 							dst_path)));
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Force dirty buffers out to disk, to ensure source database is
+		 * up-to-date for the copy.  (We really only need to flush buffers for
+		 * the source database...)
+		 */
+		BufferSync(-1, -1);
+
 #ifndef WIN32
 
 		/*