diff --git a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
index 3043203df68..9bad5faacde 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/analyze.c,v 1.290.2.4 2006/10/11 20:03:26 tgl Exp $
+ *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/analyze.c,v 1.290.2.5 2007/06/20 18:21:39 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -962,6 +962,7 @@ transformColumnDefinition(ParseState *pstate, CreateStmtContext *cxt,
 {
 	bool		is_serial;
 	bool		saw_nullable;
+	bool		saw_default;
 	Constraint *constraint;
 	List	   *clist;
 
@@ -1066,6 +1067,7 @@ transformColumnDefinition(ParseState *pstate, CreateStmtContext *cxt,
 	transformConstraintAttrs(column->constraints);
 
 	saw_nullable = false;
+	saw_default = false;
 
 	foreach(clist, column->constraints)
 	{
@@ -1110,13 +1112,15 @@ transformColumnDefinition(ParseState *pstate, CreateStmtContext *cxt,
 				break;
 
 			case CONSTR_DEFAULT:
-				if (column->raw_default != NULL)
+				if (saw_default)
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
 							 errmsg("multiple default values specified for column \"%s\" of table \"%s\"",
 									column->colname, cxt->relation->relname)));
+				/* Note: DEFAULT NULL maps to constraint->raw_expr == NULL */
 				column->raw_default = constraint->raw_expr;
 				Assert(constraint->cooked_expr == NULL);
+				saw_default = true;
 				break;
 
 			case CONSTR_PRIMARY: