diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 75b214824d..7465334a83 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -8188,17 +8188,17 @@ log_heap_freeze(Relation reln, Buffer buffer, TransactionId cutoff_xid,
 }
 
 /*
- * Perform XLogInsert for a heap-visible operation.  'block' is the block
- * being marked all-visible, and vm_buffer is the buffer containing the
- * corresponding visibility map block.  Both should have already been modified
- * and dirtied.
+ * Perform XLogInsert for a heap-visible operation. heap_buffer is the buffer
+ * containing the block being marked all-visible, and vm_buffer is the buffer
+ * containing the corresponding visibility map block. Both should have already
+ * been modified and dirtied.
  *
  * If checksums are enabled, we also generate a full-page image of
  * heap_buffer, if necessary.
  */
 XLogRecPtr
-log_heap_visible(RelFileLocator rlocator, Buffer heap_buffer, Buffer vm_buffer,
-				 TransactionId cutoff_xid, uint8 vmflags)
+log_heap_visible(Buffer heap_buffer, Buffer vm_buffer, TransactionId cutoff_xid,
+				 uint8 vmflags)
 {
 	xl_heap_visible xlrec;
 	XLogRecPtr	recptr;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c b/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c
index d62761728b..ccc97e3b09 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/visibilitymap.c
@@ -283,8 +283,7 @@ visibilitymap_set(Relation rel, BlockNumber heapBlk, Buffer heapBuf,
 			if (XLogRecPtrIsInvalid(recptr))
 			{
 				Assert(!InRecovery);
-				recptr = log_heap_visible(rel->rd_locator, heapBuf, vmBuf,
-										  cutoff_xid, flags);
+				recptr = log_heap_visible(heapBuf, vmBuf, cutoff_xid, flags);
 
 				/*
 				 * If data checksums are enabled (or wal_log_hints=on), we
diff --git a/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h b/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h
index 34220d93cf..4b6bdf6955 100644
--- a/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/heapam_xlog.h
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ extern bool heap_prepare_freeze_tuple(HeapTupleHeader tuple,
 									  MultiXactId *relminmxid_out);
 extern void heap_execute_freeze_tuple(HeapTupleHeader tuple,
 									  xl_heap_freeze_tuple *frz);
-extern XLogRecPtr log_heap_visible(RelFileLocator rlocator, Buffer heap_buffer,
-								   Buffer vm_buffer, TransactionId cutoff_xid, uint8 vmflags);
+extern XLogRecPtr log_heap_visible(Buffer heap_buffer, Buffer vm_buffer,
+								   TransactionId cutoff_xid, uint8 vmflags);
 
 #endif							/* HEAPAM_XLOG_H */