diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
index 01e1a46180..b797d064b7 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
@@ -2986,17 +2986,8 @@ EvalPlanQualFetchRowMarks(EPQState *epqstate)
 								false, NULL))
 					elog(ERROR, "failed to fetch tuple for EvalPlanQual recheck");
 
-				if (HeapTupleHeaderGetNatts(tuple.t_data) <
-					RelationGetDescr(erm->relation)->natts)
-				{
-					copyTuple = heap_expand_tuple(&tuple,
-												  RelationGetDescr(erm->relation));
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					/* successful, copy tuple */
-					copyTuple = heap_copytuple(&tuple);
-				}
+				/* successful, copy tuple */
+				copyTuple = heap_copytuple(&tuple);
 				ReleaseBuffer(buffer);
 			}