diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c b/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c
index 78213dcb4e..ca49d795a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/ginbtree.c
@@ -187,13 +187,6 @@ ginStepRight(Buffer buffer, Relation index, int lockmode)
 	if (isLeaf != GinPageIsLeaf(page) || isData != GinPageIsData(page))
 		elog(ERROR, "right sibling of GIN page is of different type");
 
-	/*
-	 * Given the proper lock sequence above, we should never land on a deleted
-	 * page.
-	 */
-	if (GinPageIsDeleted(page))
-		elog(ERROR, "right sibling of GIN page was deleted");
-
 	return nextbuffer;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/gindatapage.c b/src/backend/access/gin/gindatapage.c
index 54d6890912..23751d5380 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/gindatapage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/gindatapage.c
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ dataIsMoveRight(GinBtree btree, Page page)
 	if (GinPageRightMost(page))
 		return false;
 
+	if (GinPageIsDeleted(page))
+		return true;
+
 	return (ginCompareItemPointers(&btree->itemptr, iptr) > 0) ? true : false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/ginvacuum.c b/src/backend/access/gin/ginvacuum.c
index f36f1a8242..120e75a71f 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/ginvacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/ginvacuum.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ ginDeletePage(GinVacuumState *gvs, BlockNumber deleteBlkno, BlockNumber leftBlkn
 	 * we shouldn't change rightlink field to save workability of running
 	 * search scan
 	 */
-	GinPageGetOpaque(page)->flags = GIN_DELETED;
+	GinPageSetDeleted(page);
 
 	MarkBufferDirty(pBuffer);
 	MarkBufferDirty(lBuffer);
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gin/ginxlog.c b/src/backend/access/gin/ginxlog.c
index f3c82ac836..55e0c442cb 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gin/ginxlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gin/ginxlog.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ ginRedoDeletePage(XLogReaderState *record)
 	{
 		page = BufferGetPage(dbuffer);
 		Assert(GinPageIsData(page));
-		GinPageGetOpaque(page)->flags = GIN_DELETED;
+		GinPageSetDeleted(page);
 
 		/*
 		 * deleteXid field of ginxlogDeletePage was added during backpatching.