diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index f3ddf82..2a0a60d 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -5699,9 +5699,9 @@ do_start_bgworker(RegisteredBgWorker *rw)
 					rw->rw_worker.bgw_name)));
 
 #ifdef EXEC_BACKEND
-	switch ((worker_pid = bgworker_forkexec(rw->rw_shmem_slot)))
+	switch (worker_pid = -1)
 #else
-	switch ((worker_pid = fork_process()))
+	switch (worker_pid = -1)
 #endif
 	{
 		case -1: