diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/exprparse.y b/src/bin/pgbench/exprparse.y
index 66288632d1..f7c56cc6a3 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/exprparse.y
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/exprparse.y
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ make_func(yyscan_t yyscanner, int fnumber, PgBenchExprList *args)
 
 		/* hash functions with optional seed argument */
 		case PGBENCH_NARGS_HASH:
-			if (len > 2)
+			if (len < 1 || len > 2)
 				expr_yyerror_more(yyscanner, "unexpected number of arguments",
 								  PGBENCH_FUNCTIONS[fnumber].fname);
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl b/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl
index a2845a583b..51875f99d1 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ my @script_tests = (
 		'endif syntax error',
 		[qr{unexpected argument in command "endif"}],
 		{ 'endif-bad.sql' => "\\if 0\n\\endif BAD\n" }
+	],
+	[
+		'hash unexpected #args',
+		[qr{unexpected number of arguments \(hash\)}],
+		{ 'bad-hash.sql' => "\\set i hash()\n" }
 	],);
 
 for my $t (@script_tests)