diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 150d56a..d66f9a8 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -5882,6 +5882,7 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
 	XLogReaderState *xlogreader;
 	XLogPageReadPrivate private;
 	bool		fast_promoted = false;
+	struct stat st;
 
 	/*
 	 * Read control file and check XLOG status looks valid.
@@ -6074,7 +6075,6 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
 		if (read_tablespace_map(&tablespaces))
 		{
 			ListCell   *lc;
-			struct stat st;
 
 			foreach(lc, tablespaces)
 			{
@@ -6128,6 +6128,22 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
 	else
 	{
 		/*
+		 * If tablespace_map file is present without backup_label file, there
+		 * is no use of such file.  There is no harm in retaining it, but it
+		 * is better to get rid of the map file so that we don't have any
+		 * redundant file in data directory and it will avoid any sort of
+		 * confusion.  It seems prudent though to just rename the file out
+		 * of the way rather than delete it completely, also we ignore any
+		 * error that occurs in rename operation as even if map file is
+		 * present without backup_label file, it is harmless.
+		 */
+		if (stat(TABLESPACE_MAP, &st) == 0)
+		{
+			unlink(TABLESPACE_MAP_OLD);
+			rename(TABLESPACE_MAP, TABLESPACE_MAP_OLD);
+		}
+
+		/*
 		 * It's possible that archive recovery was requested, but we don't
 		 * know how far we need to replay the WAL before we reach consistency.
 		 * This can happen for example if a base backup is taken from a