diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index 05f2d9e9bd0..ad5cf6fb915 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static inline bool pgstat_is_kind_valid(int ikind);
  */
 
 bool		pgstat_track_counts = false;
-int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_NONE;
+int			pgstat_fetch_consistency = PGSTAT_FETCH_CONSISTENCY_CACHE;
 
 
 /* ----------