diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
index 0d9d09c492..bf53eba660 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 #include "storage/lwlock.h"
 #include "storage/pg_shmem.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
+#include "utils/catcache.h"
 #include "utils/guc.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
@@ -1059,6 +1060,9 @@ pgstat_prep_pending_entry(PgStat_Kind kind, Oid dboid, Oid objoid, bool *created
 
 	if (unlikely(!pgStatPendingContext))
 	{
+		if (unlikely(!CacheMemoryContext))
+			CreateCacheMemoryContext();
+
 		pgStatPendingContext =
 			AllocSetContextCreate(CacheMemoryContext,
 								  "PgStat Pending",
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c
index 89060ef29a..6462510f11 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_shmem.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "storage/shmem.h"
+#include "utils/catcache.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 
@@ -974,6 +975,9 @@ pgstat_reset_entries_of_kind(PgStat_Kind kind, TimestampTz ts)
 static void
 pgstat_setup_memcxt(void)
 {
+	if (unlikely(!CacheMemoryContext))
+		CreateCacheMemoryContext();
+
 	if (unlikely(!pgStatSharedRefContext))
 		pgStatSharedRefContext =
 			AllocSetContextCreate(CacheMemoryContext,