diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
index 4359120165e..94063f67369 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/slotsync.c
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ update_local_synced_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 			slot->data.catalog_xmin = remote_slot->catalog_xmin;
 			SpinLockRelease(&slot->mutex);
 
+			/* Synchronization happened, update the slot sync skip reason */
+			update_slot_sync_skip_stats(slot, SS_SKIP_NONE);
+
 			if (found_consistent_snapshot)
 				*found_consistent_snapshot = true;
 		}
@@ -290,6 +293,14 @@ update_local_synced_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 			LogicalSlotAdvanceAndCheckSnapState(remote_slot->confirmed_lsn,
 												found_consistent_snapshot);
 
+			/* Update the slot sync skip reason if snapshot could be created */
+			if (SnapBuildSnapshotExists(remote_slot->restart_lsn))
+			{
+				Assert(!found_consistent_snapshot ||
+					   *found_consistent_snapshot);
+				update_slot_sync_skip_stats(slot, SS_SKIP_NONE);
+			}
+
 			/* Sanity check */
 			if (slot->data.confirmed_flush != remote_slot->confirmed_lsn)
 				ereport(ERROR,
@@ -358,15 +369,6 @@ update_local_synced_slot(RemoteSlot *remote_slot, Oid remote_dbid,
 		ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN();
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If found_consistent_snapshot is not NULL and a consistent snapshot is
-	 * found set the slot sync skip reason to none. Else, if consistent
-	 * snapshot is not found the stats will be updated in the function
-	 * update_and_persist_local_synced_slot
-	 */
-	if (!found_consistent_snapshot || *found_consistent_snapshot)
-		update_slot_sync_skip_stats(slot, SS_SKIP_NONE);
-
 	return updated_config || updated_xmin_or_lsn;
 }