diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index b9d6092c2c0..86949209b09 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -2325,7 +2325,8 @@ vacuum_db(void)
 
 	PG_CMD_OPEN;
 
-	PG_CMD_PUTS("ANALYZE;\nVACUUM FULL;\nVACUUM FREEZE;\n");
+	/* Run analyze before VACUUM so the statistics are frozen. */
+	PG_CMD_PUTS("ANALYZE;\nVACUUM FREEZE;\n");
 
 	PG_CMD_CLOSE;