diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 915be92b174dfd2c9e6e0bf6ff8c92252507bd66..59845b7d6c744d750cb7dd3f43984b3dfeda2290 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -6379,11 +6379,7 @@ maybe_start_bgworker(void)
 		if (bgworker_should_start_now(rw->rw_worker.bgw_start_time))
 		{
 			if (!bgworker_should_start_mpp(&rw->rw_worker))
-			{
-				/* tell ServerLoop to try again */
-				StartWorkerNeeded = true;
 				continue;
-			}
 
 			/* reset crash time before trying to start worker */
 			rw->rw_crashed_at = 0;