--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -2791,11 +2814,7 @@ reaper(SIGNAL_ARGS)

                /* Was it one of our background workers? */
                if (CleanupBackgroundWorker(pid, exitstatus))
-               {
-                       /* have it be restarted */
-                       HaveCrashedWorker = true;
                        continue;
-               }

                /*
                 * Else do standard backend child cleanup.
@@ -2851,7 +2870,10 @@ CleanupBackgroundWorker(int pid,

                /* Delay restarting any bgworker that exits with a