diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c
index 78fb90fb1b..86b46d68b9 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/predicate.c
@@ -2549,7 +2549,6 @@ PredicateLockTuple(Relation relation, HeapTuple tuple, Snapshot snapshot)
 {
 	PREDICATELOCKTARGETTAG tag;
 	ItemPointer tid;
-	TransactionId targetxmin;
 
 	if (!SerializationNeededForRead(relation, snapshot))
 		return;
@@ -2559,24 +2558,9 @@ PredicateLockTuple(Relation relation, HeapTuple tuple, Snapshot snapshot)
 	 */
 	if (relation->rd_index == NULL)
 	{
-		TransactionId myxid;
-
-		targetxmin = HeapTupleHeaderGetXmin(tuple->t_data);
-
-		myxid = GetTopTransactionIdIfAny();
-		if (TransactionIdIsValid(myxid))
-		{
-			if (TransactionIdFollowsOrEquals(targetxmin, TransactionXmin))
-			{
-				TransactionId xid = SubTransGetTopmostTransaction(targetxmin);
-
-				if (TransactionIdEquals(xid, myxid))
-				{
-					/* We wrote it; we already have a write lock. */
-					return;
-				}
-			}
-		}
+		/* If we wrote it; we already have a write lock. */
+		if (TransactionIdIsCurrentTransactionId(HeapTupleHeaderGetXmin(tuple->t_data)))
+			return;
 	}
 
 	/*