diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c b/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c
index 3221ed5b13..e9b071d0c0 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c,v 1.5 2000/07/03 23:09:19 wieck Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/tuptoaster.c,v 1.6 2000/07/06 18:22:45 wieck Exp $
  *
  *
  * INTERFACE ROUTINES
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ toast_insert_or_update(Relation rel, HeapTuple newtup, HeapTuple oldtup)
 				toast_values,
 				toast_nulls,
 				&(newtup->t_data->t_infomask),
-				HeapTupleNoNulls(newtup) ? NULL : new_data);
+				has_nulls ? newtup->t_data->t_bits : NULL);
 
 		/* ----------
 		 * In the case we modified a previously modified tuple again,