diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c b/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
index e9fbc381cc..887095def0 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c
@@ -3024,7 +3024,7 @@ pgstat_read_current_status(void)
 			localappname += NAMEDATALEN;
 			localactivity += pgstat_track_activity_query_size;
 #ifdef USE_SSL
-			localsslstatus += sizeof(PgBackendSSLStatus);
+			localsslstatus++;
 #endif
 			localNumBackends++;
 		}