diff --git a/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c b/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c
index b5de68b7232d..2511edcceccd 100644
--- a/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c
+++ b/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ pgstat_btree_page(pgstattuple_type *stat, Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno,
 		/* fully empty page */
 		stat->free_space += BLCKSZ;
 	}
-	else
+	else if (PageGetSpecialSize(page) == MAXALIGN(sizeof(BTPageOpaqueData)))
 	{
 		BTPageOpaque opaque;
 
@@ -458,10 +458,16 @@ pgstat_hash_page(pgstattuple_type *stat, Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno,
 	Buffer		buf;
 	Page		page;
 
-	buf = _hash_getbuf_with_strategy(rel, blkno, HASH_READ, 0, bstrategy);
+	buf = ReadBufferExtended(rel, MAIN_FORKNUM, blkno, RBM_NORMAL, bstrategy);
+	LockBuffer(buf, HASH_READ);
 	page = BufferGetPage(buf);
 
-	if (PageGetSpecialSize(page) == MAXALIGN(sizeof(HashPageOpaqueData)))
+	if (PageIsNew(page))
+	{
+		/* fully empty page */
+		stat->free_space += BLCKSZ;
+	}
+	else if (PageGetSpecialSize(page) == MAXALIGN(sizeof(HashPageOpaqueData)))
 	{
 		HashPageOpaque opaque;
 
@@ -502,10 +508,14 @@ pgstat_gist_page(pgstattuple_type *stat, Relation rel, BlockNumber blkno,
 
 	buf = ReadBufferExtended(rel, MAIN_FORKNUM, blkno, RBM_NORMAL, bstrategy);
 	LockBuffer(buf, GIST_SHARE);
-	gistcheckpage(rel, buf);
 	page = BufferGetPage(buf);
-
-	if (GistPageIsLeaf(page))
+	if (PageIsNew(page))
+	{
+		/* fully empty page */
+		stat->free_space += BLCKSZ;
+	}
+	else if (PageGetSpecialSize(page) == MAXALIGN(sizeof(GISTPageOpaqueData)) &&
+			 GistPageIsLeaf(page))
 	{
 		pgstat_index_page(stat, page, FirstOffsetNumber,
 						  PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page));