diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c
index 429af11..4b81dd2 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ hash_xlog_init_meta_page(XLogReaderState *record)
 	XLogRecPtr	lsn = record->EndRecPtr;
 	Page		page;
 	Buffer		metabuf;
+	ForkNumber	forknum;
 
 	xl_hash_init_meta_page *xlrec = (xl_hash_init_meta_page *) XLogRecGetData(record);
 
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ hash_xlog_init_meta_page(XLogReaderState *record)
 	page = (Page) BufferGetPage(metabuf);
 	PageSetLSN(page, lsn);
 	MarkBufferDirty(metabuf);
+
+	/*
+	 * Force the on-disk state of init forks to always be in sync with the
+	 * state in shared buffers.  See XLogReadBufferForRedoExtended.
+	 */
+	XLogRecGetBlockTag(record, 0, NULL, &forknum, NULL);
+	if (forknum == INIT_FORKNUM)
+		FlushOneBuffer(metabuf);
+
 	/* all done */
 	UnlockReleaseBuffer(metabuf);
 }
@@ -60,6 +70,7 @@ hash_xlog_init_bitmap_page(XLogReaderState *record)
 	Page		page;
 	HashMetaPage metap;
 	uint32		num_buckets;
+	ForkNumber	forknum;
 
 	xl_hash_init_bitmap_page *xlrec = (xl_hash_init_bitmap_page *) XLogRecGetData(record);
 
@@ -70,6 +81,14 @@ hash_xlog_init_bitmap_page(XLogReaderState *record)
 	_hash_initbitmapbuffer(bitmapbuf, xlrec->bmsize, true);
 	PageSetLSN(BufferGetPage(bitmapbuf), lsn);
 	MarkBufferDirty(bitmapbuf);
+
+	/*
+	 * Force the on-disk state of init forks to always be in sync with the
+	 * state in shared buffers.  See XLogReadBufferForRedoExtended.
+	 */
+	XLogRecGetBlockTag(record, 0, NULL, &forknum, NULL);
+	if (forknum == INIT_FORKNUM)
+		FlushOneBuffer(bitmapbuf);
 	UnlockReleaseBuffer(bitmapbuf);
 
 	/* add the new bitmap page to the metapage's list of bitmaps */
@@ -90,6 +109,10 @@ hash_xlog_init_bitmap_page(XLogReaderState *record)
 
 		PageSetLSN(page, lsn);
 		MarkBufferDirty(metabuf);
+
+		XLogRecGetBlockTag(record, 1, NULL, &forknum, NULL);
+		if (forknum == INIT_FORKNUM)
+			FlushOneBuffer(metabuf);
 	}
 	if (BufferIsValid(metabuf))
 		UnlockReleaseBuffer(metabuf);
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashpage.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashpage.c
index 1cb18a7..3b0ee50 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashpage.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ _hash_init(Relation rel, double num_tuples, ForkNumber forkNum)
 	int32		ffactor;
 	uint32		num_buckets;
 	uint32		i;
+	bool		use_wal;
 
 	/* safety check */
 	if (RelationGetNumberOfBlocksInFork(rel, forkNum) != 0)
@@ -352,6 +353,13 @@ _hash_init(Relation rel, double num_tuples, ForkNumber forkNum)
 			 RelationGetRelationName(rel));
 
 	/*
+	 * WAL log creation of pages if the relation is persistent, or this is the
+	 * init fork.  Init forks for unlogged relations always needs to be WAL
+	 * logged.
+	 */
+	use_wal = RelationNeedsWAL(rel) || forkNum == INIT_FORKNUM;
+
+	/*
 	 * Determine the target fill factor (in tuples per bucket) for this index.
 	 * The idea is to make the fill factor correspond to pages about as full
 	 * as the user-settable fillfactor parameter says.  We can compute it
@@ -384,7 +392,7 @@ _hash_init(Relation rel, double num_tuples, ForkNumber forkNum)
 	metap = HashPageGetMeta(pg);
 
 	/* XLOG stuff */
-	if (RelationNeedsWAL(rel))
+	if (use_wal)
 	{
 		xl_hash_init_meta_page xlrec;
 		XLogRecPtr	recptr;
@@ -427,11 +435,12 @@ _hash_init(Relation rel, double num_tuples, ForkNumber forkNum)
 		_hash_initbuf(buf, metap->hashm_maxbucket, i, LH_BUCKET_PAGE, false);
 		MarkBufferDirty(buf);
 
-		log_newpage(&rel->rd_node,
-					forkNum,
-					blkno,
-					BufferGetPage(buf),
-					true);
+		if (use_wal)
+			log_newpage(&rel->rd_node,
+						forkNum,
+						blkno,
+						BufferGetPage(buf),
+						true);
 		_hash_relbuf(rel, buf);
 	}
 
@@ -459,7 +468,7 @@ _hash_init(Relation rel, double num_tuples, ForkNumber forkNum)
 	MarkBufferDirty(metabuf);
 
 	/* XLOG stuff */
-	if (RelationNeedsWAL(rel))
+	if (use_wal)
 	{
 		xl_hash_init_bitmap_page xlrec;
 		XLogRecPtr	recptr;