diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out b/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
index 6b233ff4c05..628df302df0 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/stats.out
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ DROP TABLE prevstats;
 -- Test that sessions is incremented when a new session is started in pg_stat_database
 SELECT sessions AS db_stat_sessions FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database()) \gset
 \c
+SELECT pg_stat_force_next_flush();
+ pg_stat_force_next_flush 
+--------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT sessions > :db_stat_sessions FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database());
  ?column? 
 ----------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
index 096f00ce8be..2f39778b155 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/stats.sql
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ DROP TABLE prevstats;
 -- Test that sessions is incremented when a new session is started in pg_stat_database
 SELECT sessions AS db_stat_sessions FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database()) \gset
 \c
+SELECT pg_stat_force_next_flush();
 SELECT sessions > :db_stat_sessions FROM pg_stat_database WHERE datname = (SELECT current_database());
 
 -- Test pg_stat_bgwriter checkpointer-related stats, together with pg_stat_wal