diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 40592e6260..f303bdeec8 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -5011,6 +5011,16 @@ initPopulateTable(PGconn *con, const char *table, int64 base,
 							j, total,
 							(int) ((j * 100) / total),
 							table, elapsed_sec, remaining_sec);
+
+			/*
+			 * If the previous progress message is longer than the current
+			 * one, add spaces to the current line to fully overwrite any
+			 * remaining characters from the previous message.
+			 */
+			if (prev_chars > chars)
+				fprintf(stderr, "%*c", prev_chars - chars, ' ');
+			fputc(eol, stderr);
+			prev_chars = chars;
 		}
 		/* let's not call the timing for each row, but only each 100 rows */
 		else if (use_quiet && (j % 100 == 0))
@@ -5026,20 +5036,20 @@ initPopulateTable(PGconn *con, const char *table, int64 base,
 								(int) ((j * 100) / total),
 								table, elapsed_sec, remaining_sec);
 
+				/*
+				 * If the previous progress message is longer than the current
+				 * one, add spaces to the current line to fully overwrite any
+				 * remaining characters from the previous message.
+				 */
+				if (prev_chars > chars)
+					fprintf(stderr, "%*c", prev_chars - chars, ' ');
+				fputc(eol, stderr);
+				prev_chars = chars;
+
 				/* skip to the next interval */
 				log_interval = (int) ceil(elapsed_sec / LOG_STEP_SECONDS);
 			}
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * If the previous progress message is longer than the current one,
-		 * add spaces to the current line to fully overwrite any remaining
-		 * characters from the previous message.
-		 */
-		if (prev_chars > chars)
-			fprintf(stderr, "%*c", prev_chars - chars, ' ');
-		fputc(eol, stderr);
-		prev_chars = chars;
 	}
 
 	if (chars != 0 && eol != '\n')