diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c
index 706692862c..633e9c4059 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ StatsShmemInit(void)
 		 * provides a small efficiency win.
 		 */
 		ctl->raw_dsa_area = p;
-		p += MAXALIGN(pgstat_dsa_init_size());
 		dsa = dsa_create_in_place(ctl->raw_dsa_area,
 								  pgstat_dsa_init_size(),
 								  LWTRANCHE_PGSTATS_DSA, 0);