diff --git a/src/backend/snowball/libstemmer/api.c b/src/backend/snowball/libstemmer/api.c
index 530b427a466..1f1fb79d11f 100644
--- a/src/backend/snowball/libstemmer/api.c
+++ b/src/backend/snowball/libstemmer/api.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ error:
 extern void SN_close_env(struct SN_env * z, int S_size)
 {
     if (z == NULL) return;
-    if (S_size)
+    if (z->S)
     {
         int i;
         for (i = 0; i < S_size; i++)