diff --git a/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c b/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
index 62764f43d33..fdf3eeffefd 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ copy_clog_xlog_xid(void)
 
 	/* now reset the wal archives in the new cluster */
 	prep_status("Resetting WAL archives");
-	exec_prog(true, SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s/pg_resetxlog\" -l %u,%u,%u \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1" SYSTEMQUOTE,
-			  new_cluster.bindir, old_cluster.controldata.chkpnt_tli,
+	exec_prog(true, SYSTEMQUOTE "\"%s/pg_resetxlog\" -l 1,%u,%u \"%s\" >> \"%s\" 2>&1" SYSTEMQUOTE,
+			  new_cluster.bindir,
 			old_cluster.controldata.logid, old_cluster.controldata.nxtlogseg,
 			  new_cluster.pgdata,
 #ifndef WIN32