diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index aa1a3541fe..91a067859b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -7506,7 +7506,7 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
 		/* progress report is made by thread 0 for all threads */
 		if (progress && thread->tid == 0)
 		{
-			pg_time_usec_t now = pg_time_now();
+			now = pg_time_now();	/* not lazy; clobbers outer value */
 
 			if (now >= next_report)
 			{