diff --git a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
index 95440013c0..637c0ce459 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
@@ -949,6 +949,12 @@ SendBaseBackup(BaseBackupCmd *cmd)
 {
 	basebackup_options opt;
 	bbsink	   *sink;
+	SessionBackupState status = get_backup_status();
+
+	if (status == SESSION_BACKUP_RUNNING)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
+				 errmsg("a backup is already in progress in this session")));
 
 	parse_basebackup_options(cmd->options, &opt);