diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c b/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c
index 0bd1865068..19ca302ebb 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/rewriteheap.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ raw_heap_insert(RewriteState state, HeapTuple tup)
 	}
 
 	/* And now we can insert the tuple into the page */
-	newoff = PageAddItem(page, (Item) heaptup->t_data, len,
+	newoff = PageAddItem(page, (Item) heaptup->t_data, heaptup->t_len,
 						 InvalidOffsetNumber, false, true);
 	if (newoff == InvalidOffsetNumber)
 		elog(ERROR, "failed to add tuple");