diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 2bd789256bc..d4734cf133e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -8079,7 +8079,16 @@ ShowAllGUCConfig(DestReceiver *dest)
 			isnull[1] = true;
 		}
 
-		values[2] = PointerGetDatum(cstring_to_text(conf->short_desc));
+		if (conf->short_desc)
+		{
+			values[2] = PointerGetDatum(cstring_to_text(conf->short_desc));
+			isnull[2] = false;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			values[2] = PointerGetDatum(NULL);
+			isnull[2] = true;
+		}
 
 		/* send it to dest */
 		do_tup_output(tstate, values, isnull);
@@ -8091,7 +8100,8 @@ ShowAllGUCConfig(DestReceiver *dest)
 			pfree(setting);
 			pfree(DatumGetPointer(values[1]));
 		}
-		pfree(DatumGetPointer(values[2]));
+		if (conf->short_desc)
+			pfree(DatumGetPointer(values[2]));
 	}
 
 	end_tup_output(tstate);