diff --git a/src/backend/executor/spi.c b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
index 7d4f84f5ad8..3515ee6e0b1 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/spi.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/spi.c,v 1.165.2.4 2007/08/15 19:15:55 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/spi.c,v 1.165.2.5 2008/10/16 13:23:34 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ SPI_getvalue(HeapTuple tuple, TupleDesc tupdesc, int fnumber)
 
 	SPI_result = 0;
 
-	if (fnumber > tuple->t_data->t_natts || fnumber == 0 ||
+	if (fnumber > tupdesc->natts || fnumber == 0 ||
 		fnumber <= FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber)
 	{
 		SPI_result = SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE;
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ SPI_getbinval(HeapTuple tuple, TupleDesc tupdesc, int fnumber, bool *isnull)
 {
 	SPI_result = 0;
 
-	if (fnumber > tuple->t_data->t_natts || fnumber == 0 ||
+	if (fnumber > tupdesc->natts || fnumber == 0 ||
 		fnumber <= FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber)
 	{
 		SPI_result = SPI_ERROR_NOATTRIBUTE;