serialized_snapshot.whenTaken = snapshot->whenTaken;
        serialized_snapshot.lsn = snapshot->lsn;
 
+       /*
+        * Ignore the SubXID array if it has overflowed, unless the snapshot was
+        * taken during recovey - in that case, top-level XIDs are in subxip as
+        * well, and we mustn't lose them.
+        */
+       if (serialized_snapshot.suboverflowed && !snapshot->takenDuringRecovery)
+               serialized_snapshot.subxcnt = 0;
+
        /* Copy struct to possibly-unaligned buffer */
        memcpy(start_address,
                   &serialized_snapshot, sizeof(SerializedSnapshotData));
         * snapshot taken during recovery; all the top-level XIDs are in subxip as
         * well in that case, so we mustn't lose them.
         */
-       if (serialized_snapshot.suboverflowed && !snapshot->takenDuringRecovery)
-               serialized_snapshot.subxcnt = 0;
-
        if (serialized_snapshot.subxcnt > 0)
        {
                Size            subxipoff = sizeof(SerializedSnapshotData) +