diff --git a/src/common/backend/utils/adt/numeric.cpp b/src/common/backend/utils/adt/numeric.cpp
index 59a6890be..676becb69 100644
--- a/src/common/backend/utils/adt/numeric.cpp
+++ b/src/common/backend/utils/adt/numeric.cpp
@@ -5819,8 +5819,7 @@ static void ceil_var(NumericVar* var, NumericVar* result)
 {
     NumericVar tmp;
 
-    init_var(&tmp);
-    set_var_from_var(var, &tmp);
+    init_var_from_var(var, &tmp);
 
     trunc_var(&tmp, 0);