diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 01b6cc1f7d..d18018671d 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -4111,12 +4111,12 @@ PostgresSingleUserMain(int argc, char *argv[],
 void
 PostgresMain(const char *dbname, const char *username)
 {
-	int			firstchar;
-	StringInfoData input_message;
 	sigjmp_buf	local_sigjmp_buf;
+
+	/* these must be volatile to ensure state is preserved across longjmp: */
 	volatile bool send_ready_for_query = true;
-	bool		idle_in_transaction_timeout_enabled = false;
-	bool		idle_session_timeout_enabled = false;
+	volatile bool idle_in_transaction_timeout_enabled = false;
+	volatile bool idle_session_timeout_enabled = false;
 
 	Assert(dbname != NULL);
 	Assert(username != NULL);
@@ -4324,6 +4324,8 @@ PostgresMain(const char *dbname, const char *username)
 		 */
 		disable_all_timeouts(false);
 		QueryCancelPending = false; /* second to avoid race condition */
+		idle_in_transaction_timeout_enabled = false;
+		idle_session_timeout_enabled = false;
 
 		/* Not reading from the client anymore. */
 		DoingCommandRead = false;
@@ -4418,6 +4420,9 @@ PostgresMain(const char *dbname, const char *username)
 
 	for (;;)
 	{
+		int			firstchar;
+		StringInfoData input_message;
+
 		/*
 		 * At top of loop, reset extended-query-message flag, so that any
 		 * errors encountered in "idle" state don't provoke skip.