diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index 6e1b070e6fa..300fe071fc8 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -5127,8 +5127,6 @@ binary_upgrade_set_pg_class_oids(Archive *fout,
 							  "SELECT pg_catalog.binary_upgrade_set_next_index_relfilenode('%u'::pg_catalog.oid);\n",
 							  toast_index_relfilenumber);
 		}
-
-		PQclear(upgrade_res);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -5141,6 +5139,8 @@ binary_upgrade_set_pg_class_oids(Archive *fout,
 						  relfilenumber);
 	}
 
+	PQclear(upgrade_res);
+
 	appendPQExpBufferChar(upgrade_buffer, '\n');
 
 	destroyPQExpBuffer(upgrade_query);