diff --git a/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c b/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
index c67ca19cb51..72f8fac9b8b 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
@@ -659,8 +659,9 @@ copy_clog_xlog_xid(void)
 	/* now reset the wal archives in the new cluster */
 	prep_status("Resetting WAL archives");
 	exec_prog(UTILITY_LOG_FILE, NULL, true,
-			  "\"%s/pg_resetxlog\" -l %s \"%s\"", new_cluster.bindir,
-			  old_cluster.controldata.nextxlogfile,
+			  /* use timeline 1 to match controldata and no WAL history file */
+			  "\"%s/pg_resetxlog\" -l 00000001%s \"%s\"", new_cluster.bindir,
+			  old_cluster.controldata.nextxlogfile + 8,
 			  new_cluster.pgdata);
 	check_ok();
 }