diff --git a/libs/postgres_ffi/src/lib.rs b/libs/postgres_ffi/src/lib.rs
index 923fbe4d5a..28d9a13dbf 100644
--- a/libs/postgres_ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/postgres_ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #![allow(deref_nullptr)]
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use utils::lsn::Lsn;
 
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/bindings.rs"));
 
@@ -37,3 +38,21 @@ pub const fn transaction_id_precedes(id1: TransactionId, id2: TransactionId) ->
     let diff = id1.wrapping_sub(id2) as i32;
     diff < 0
 }
+
+// Check if page is not yet initialized (port of Postgres PageIsInit() macro)
+pub fn page_is_new(pg: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    pg[14] == 0 && pg[15] == 0 // pg_upper == 0
+}
+
+// ExtractLSN from page header
+pub fn page_get_lsn(pg: &[u8]) -> Lsn {
+    Lsn(
+        ((u32::from_le_bytes(pg[0..4].try_into().unwrap()) as u64) << 32)
+            | u32::from_le_bytes(pg[4..8].try_into().unwrap()) as u64,
+    )
+}
+
+pub fn page_set_lsn(pg: &mut [u8], lsn: Lsn) {
+    pg[0..4].copy_from_slice(&((lsn.0 >> 32) as u32).to_le_bytes());
+    pg[4..8].copy_from_slice(&(lsn.0 as u32).to_le_bytes());
+}
diff --git a/pageserver/src/walingest.rs b/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
index fbdb328d2c..5223125ce6 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walingest.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 use anyhow::Context;
 use postgres_ffi::nonrelfile_utils::clogpage_precedes;
 use postgres_ffi::nonrelfile_utils::slru_may_delete_clogsegment;
+use postgres_ffi::{page_is_new, page_set_lsn};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use bytes::{Buf, Bytes, BytesMut};
@@ -304,8 +305,14 @@ impl<'a, R: Repository> WalIngest<'a, R> {
                 image.resize(image.len() + blk.hole_length as usize, 0u8);
                 image.unsplit(tail);
             }
-            image[0..4].copy_from_slice(&((lsn.0 >> 32) as u32).to_le_bytes());
-            image[4..8].copy_from_slice(&(lsn.0 as u32).to_le_bytes());
+            //
+            // Match the logic of XLogReadBufferForRedoExtended:
+            // The page may be uninitialized. If so, we can't set the LSN because
+            // that would corrupt the page.
+            //
+            if !page_is_new(&image) {
+                page_set_lsn(&mut image, lsn)
+            }
             assert_eq!(image.len(), pg_constants::BLCKSZ as usize);
             self.put_rel_page_image(modification, rel, blk.blkno, image.freeze())?;
         } else {