diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c b/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c
index e523e58b218..5b80e56dfd9 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/createdb.c
@@ -159,15 +159,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			exit(1);
 	}
 
-	if (locale)
-	{
-		if (lc_ctype)
-			pg_fatal("only one of --locale and --lc-ctype can be specified");
-		if (lc_collate)
-			pg_fatal("only one of --locale and --lc-collate can be specified");
+	if (locale && !lc_ctype)
 		lc_ctype = locale;
+	if (locale && !lc_collate)
 		lc_collate = locale;
-	}
 
 	if (encoding)
 	{