diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 2ba3e367c4..d2b7fc87e4 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -2239,10 +2239,15 @@ evalStandardFunc(CState *st,
 {
 	/* evaluate all function arguments */
 	int			nargs = 0;
-	PgBenchValue vargs[MAX_FARGS] = { 0 };
 	PgBenchExprLink *l = args;
 	bool		has_null = false;
 
+	/*
+	 * This value is double braced to workaround GCC bug 53119, which seems to
+	 * exist at least on gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2, 32-bit.
+	 */
+	PgBenchValue vargs[MAX_FARGS] = { { 0 } };
+
 	for (nargs = 0; nargs < MAX_FARGS && l != NULL; nargs++, l = l->next)
 	{
 		if (!evaluateExpr(st, l->expr, &vargs[nargs]))