diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index ffea4993177..09fe5272022 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -8374,6 +8374,14 @@ xlog_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 							checkPoint.ThisTimeLineID, replayTLI)));
 
 		RecoveryRestartPoint(&checkPoint, record);
+
+		/*
+		 * After replaying a checkpoint record, free all smgr objects.
+		 * Otherwise we would never do so for dropped relations, as the
+		 * startup does not process shared invalidation messages or call
+		 * AtEOXact_SMgr().
+		 */
+		smgrdestroyall();
 	}
 	else if (info == XLOG_CHECKPOINT_ONLINE)
 	{
@@ -8432,6 +8440,14 @@ xlog_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 							checkPoint.ThisTimeLineID, replayTLI)));
 
 		RecoveryRestartPoint(&checkPoint, record);
+
+		/*
+		 * After replaying a checkpoint record, free all smgr objects.
+		 * Otherwise we would never do so for dropped relations, as the
+		 * startup does not process shared invalidation messages or call
+		 * AtEOXact_SMgr().
+		 */
+		smgrdestroyall();
 	}
 	else if (info == XLOG_OVERWRITE_CONTRECORD)
 	{