diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
index cbe45044f72..3a33e3200c3 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
@@ -643,6 +643,8 @@ XLogDecodeNextRecord(XLogReaderState *state, bool nonblocking)
 								  LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(RecPtr));
 			goto err;
 		}
+		targetRecOff += ((XLogPageHeader) state->readBuf)->xlp_rem_len;
+		RecPtr += ((XLogPageHeader) state->readBuf)->xlp_rem_len;
 	}
 
 	/* ReadPageInternal has verified the page header */