diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
index 08b118da36..12854dfad8 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xact.c
@@ -5155,6 +5155,7 @@ PushTransaction(void)
 	s->blockState = TBLOCK_SUBBEGIN;
 	GetUserIdAndSecContext(&s->prevUser, &s->prevSecContext);
 	s->prevXactReadOnly = XactReadOnly;
+	s->startedInRecovery = p->startedInRecovery;
 	s->parallelModeLevel = 0;
 
 	CurrentTransactionState = s;