diff --git a/src/backend/main/main.c b/src/backend/main/main.c
index fd78576c1b804a8910c5357abbbbef59fecb376c..535da36b919347f1e571879f3cd59d3a7b4991a4 100644
--- a/src/backend/main/main.c
+++ b/src/backend/main/main.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.79 2004/05/18 20:27:24 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.80 2004/05/19 18:58:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -241,16 +241,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif   /* !WIN32 */
 	}
 
-	if (find_my_exec(argv[0], my_exec_path) < 0)
-	{
-		fprintf(stderr,
-				gettext("%s: could not locate my own executable path"),
-						argv[0]);
-		exit(1);
-	}
-	
-	get_pkglib_path(my_exec_path, pkglib_path);
-
 	/*
 	 * Now dispatch to one of PostmasterMain, PostgresMain, GucInfoMain,
 	 * SubPostmasterMain, pgstat_main, pgstat_mainChild or BootstrapMain
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 5bed34094c3b53c4292487ff5957d20d30ab1616..645bccff48e98f003b2c3856c0e91a84352ebaf4 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.390 2004/05/18 20:27:25 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.391 2004/05/19 18:58:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -461,6 +461,11 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	IgnoreSystemIndexes(false);
 
+	if (find_my_exec(argv[0], my_exec_path) < 0)
+		elog(FATAL,
+				gettext("%s: could not locate my own executable path"),
+						argv[0]);
+	
 	/*
 	 * Options setup
 	 */
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 658976f23859425e0291296e897bf099aa5870ab..3abbb46e0b798a517f66320ccfb31761397086e2 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.409 2004/05/18 20:27:25 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.410 2004/05/19 18:58:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  this is the "main" module of the postgres backend and
@@ -2185,6 +2185,13 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[], const char *username)
 	/* Set up reference point for stack depth checking */
 	stack_base_ptr = &stack_base;
 
+	if (find_my_exec(argv[0], my_exec_path) < 0)
+		elog(FATAL,
+				gettext("%s: could not locate my own executable path"),
+						argv[0]);
+	
+	get_pkglib_path(my_exec_path, pkglib_path);
+
 	/*
 	 * Set default values for command-line options.
 	 */