diff --git a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
index 1c1d0da..1520d32 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
@@ -1685,6 +1685,8 @@ ReindexIndex(RangeVar *indexRelation)
 {
 	Oid			indOid;
 	Oid			heapOid = InvalidOid;
+	Relation	irel;
+	char		relpersistence;

 	/* lock level used here should match index lock reindex_index() */
 	indOid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(indexRelation, AccessExclusiveLock,
@@ -1692,7 +1694,11 @@ ReindexIndex(RangeVar *indexRelation)
 									  RangeVarCallbackForReindexIndex,
 									  (void *) &heapOid);

-	reindex_index(indOid, false, indexRelation->relpersistence);
+	irel = index_open(indOid, AccessExclusiveLock);
+	relpersistence = irel->rd_rel->relpersistence;
+	index_close(irel, NoLock);
+
+	reindex_index(indOid, false, relpersistence);

 	return indOid;
 }