diff --git a/src/port/pg_numa.c b/src/port/pg_numa.c
index d574a686b42..8954669273a 100644
--- a/src/port/pg_numa.c
+++ b/src/port/pg_numa.c
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ pg_numa_query_pages(int pid, unsigned long count, void **pages, int *status)
 		unsigned long count_chunk = Min(count - next,
 										NUMA_QUERY_CHUNK_SIZE);
 
+#ifndef FRONTEND
 		CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
+#endif
 
 		/*
 		 * Bail out if any of the chunks errors out (ret<0). We ignore (ret>0)