diff --git a/src/hnsw.c b/src/hnsw.c
index 9689b17..fa08cf5 100644
--- a/src/hnsw.c
+++ b/src/hnsw.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "commands/progress.h"
 #include "commands/vacuum.h"
 #include "hnsw.h"
+#include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "utils/guc.h"
 #include "utils/selfuncs.h"
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ static relopt_kind hnsw_relopt_kind;
  * this grows bigger, we should use a shmem_request_hook and
  * RequestAddinShmemSpace() to pre-reserve space for this.
  */
-static void
+void
 HnswInitLockTranche(void)
 {
 	int		   *tranche_ids;
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ HnswInitLockTranche(void)
 void
 HnswInit(void)
 {
-	HnswInitLockTranche();
+	if (!process_shared_preload_libraries_in_progress)
+		HnswInitLockTranche();
 
 	hnsw_relopt_kind = add_reloption_kind();
 	add_int_reloption(hnsw_relopt_kind, "m", "Max number of connections",
diff --git a/src/hnsw.h b/src/hnsw.h
index 09e90f3..470e24e 100644
--- a/src/hnsw.h
+++ b/src/hnsw.h
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ void		HnswLoadElement(HnswElement element, float *distance, Datum *q, Relation i
 void		HnswSetElementTuple(char *base, HnswElementTuple etup, HnswElement element);
 void		HnswUpdateConnection(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswCandidate * hc, int lm, int lc, int *updateIdx, Relation index, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation);
 void		HnswLoadNeighbors(HnswElement element, Relation index, int m);
+void		HnswInitLockTranche(void);
 PGDLLEXPORT void HnswParallelBuildMain(dsm_segment *seg, shm_toc *toc);
 
 /* Index access methods */
diff --git a/src/hnswbuild.c b/src/hnswbuild.c
index 1cc0049..7b6026a 100644
--- a/src/hnswbuild.c
+++ b/src/hnswbuild.c
@@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ BuildCallback(Relation index, CALLBACK_ITEM_POINTER, Datum *values,
 static void
 InitGraph(HnswGraph * graph, char *base, long memoryTotal)
 {
+	/* Initialize the lock tranche if needed */
+	HnswInitLockTranche();
+
 	HnswPtrStore(base, graph->head, (HnswElement) NULL);
 	HnswPtrStore(base, graph->entryPoint, (HnswElement) NULL);
 	graph->memoryUsed = 0;