diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
index 6923d06..c6a7ba7 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/hba.c
@@ -1304,6 +1304,7 @@ load_hba(void)
 	List *hba_line_nums = NIL;
 	ListCell   *line, *line_num;
 	List *new_parsed_lines = NIL;
+	bool OK = true;
 
 	file = AllocateFile(HbaFileName, "r");
 	if (file == NULL)
@@ -1332,17 +1333,22 @@ load_hba(void)
 
 		if (!parse_hba_line(lfirst(line), lfirst_int(line_num), newline))
 		{
-			/* Parse error in the file, so bail out */
+			/* Parse error in the file, so indicate there's a problem */
 			free_hba_record(newline);
 			pfree(newline);
 			clean_hba_list(new_parsed_lines);
 			/* Error has already been reported in the parsing function */
-			return false;
+			OK = false;
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		new_parsed_lines = lappend(new_parsed_lines, newline);
 	}
 
+	if (!OK)
+		/* Parsing failed, so bail out */
+		return false;
+
 	/* Loaded new file successfully, replace the one we use */
 	clean_hba_list(parsed_hba_lines);
 	parsed_hba_lines = new_parsed_lines;