diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index dc84b7b9b7..1aa3e6b7be 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -3232,7 +3232,8 @@ advanceConnectionState(TState *thread, CState *st, StatsData *agg)
 					pg_time_now_lazy(&now);
 
 					while (thread->throttle_trigger < now - latency_limit &&
-						   (nxacts <= 0 || st->cnt < nxacts))
+						   (nxacts <= 0 || st->cnt < nxacts) &&
+						   !timer_exceeded)
 					{
 						processXactStats(thread, st, &now, true, agg);
 						/* next rendez-vous */