diff --git a/src/hnsw.h b/src/hnsw.h
index b6f0e63..a5e4cdc 100644
--- a/src/hnsw.h
+++ b/src/hnsw.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ List	   *HnswSearchLayer(Datum q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, Fmgr
 HnswElement HnswGetEntryPoint(Relation index);
 HnswElement HnswInitElement(ItemPointer tid, int m, double ml, int maxLevel);
 void		HnswFreeElement(HnswElement element);
-void		HnswInsertElement(HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, int m, int efConstruction, bool vacuuming);
+void		HnswInsertElement(HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing);
 HnswElement HnswFindDuplicate(HnswElement e);
 HnswCandidate *HnswEntryCandidate(HnswElement em, Datum q, Relation rel, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, bool loadVec);
 void		HnswUpdateMetaPage(Relation index, bool updateEntry, HnswElement entryPoint, BlockNumber insertPage, ForkNumber forkNum);
diff --git a/src/hnswinsert.c b/src/hnswinsert.c
index 526c819..bd11a83 100644
--- a/src/hnswinsert.c
+++ b/src/hnswinsert.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ WriteElement(Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, HnswElement elem
 		if (entryPoint == NULL && newEntryPoint != NULL)
 		{
 			/* Try again with new entry point */
-			HnswInsertElement(element, newEntryPoint, index, procinfo, collation, m, efConstruction, false);
+			HnswInsertElement(element, newEntryPoint, index, procinfo, collation, m, efConstruction, true);
 			UpdateNeighborPages(index, procinfo, collation, element, m);
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/src/hnswutils.c b/src/hnswutils.c
index 9e4dbdc..f0f972b 100644
--- a/src/hnswutils.c
+++ b/src/hnswutils.c
@@ -885,15 +885,15 @@ HnswUpdateConnection(HnswElement element, HnswCandidate * hc, int m, int lc, int
  * Algorithm 1 from paper
  */
 void
-HnswInsertElement(HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, int m, int efConstruction, bool vacuuming)
+HnswInsertElement(HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing)
 {
 	List	   *ep = NIL;
 	List	   *w;
 	int			level = element->level;
 	int			entryLevel;
 	Datum		q = PointerGetDatum(element->vec);
-	BlockNumber *skipPage = vacuuming ? &element->neighborPage : NULL;
-	OffsetNumber *skipOffno = vacuuming ? &element->neighborOffno : NULL;
+	BlockNumber *skipPage = existing ? &element->neighborPage : NULL;
+	OffsetNumber *skipOffno = existing ? &element->neighborOffno : NULL;
 	bool		removeEntryPoint;
 	HnswCandidate *entryCandidate;
 
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ HnswInsertElement(HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, F
 		entryCandidate = HnswEntryCandidate(entryPoint, q, index, procinfo, collation, true);
 		ep = lappend(ep, entryCandidate);
 		entryLevel = entryPoint->level;
-		removeEntryPoint = vacuuming && list_length(entryPoint->heaptids) == 0;
+		removeEntryPoint = existing && list_length(entryPoint->heaptids) == 0;
 	}
 	else
 	{