diff --git a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c
index b7e1e4be190177095d5056bfd20094fd01304cf2..1b9083597ca3968777bdaa12d1b1a5b823689815 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/check.c
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ check_cluster_versions(void)
 {
 	prep_status("Checking cluster versions");
 
-	/* get old and new cluster versions */
-	old_cluster.major_version = get_major_server_version(&old_cluster);
-	new_cluster.major_version = get_major_server_version(&new_cluster);
+	/* cluster versions should already have been obtained */
+	Assert(old_cluster.major_version != 0);
+	Assert(new_cluster.major_version != 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * We allow upgrades from/to the same major version for alpha/beta
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/exec.c b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/exec.c
index 810a5a0c3c58d52932558ad8e36857ffa1dc30f6..f5cd74ff97fe9b36bfbbc7524c9f6e4a86dae3f3 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_upgrade/exec.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_upgrade/exec.c
@@ -331,9 +331,8 @@ check_data_dir(ClusterInfo *cluster)
 {
 	const char *pg_data = cluster->pgdata;
 
-	/* get old and new cluster versions */
-	old_cluster.major_version = get_major_server_version(&old_cluster);
-	new_cluster.major_version = get_major_server_version(&new_cluster);
+	/* get the cluster version */
+	cluster->major_version = get_major_server_version(cluster);
 
 	check_single_dir(pg_data, "");
 	check_single_dir(pg_data, "base");