diff --git a/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c b/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c
index 2344d0b50be..8af6100214f 100644
--- a/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c
+++ b/contrib/intarray/_int_bool.c
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ makepol(WORKSTATE * state)
 			case OPEN:
 				if (makepol(state) == ERR)
 					return ERR;
-				if (lenstack && (stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '&' ||
-								 stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '!'))
+				while (lenstack && (stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '&' ||
+									stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '!'))
 				{
 					lenstack--;
 					pushquery(state, OPR, stack[lenstack]);
diff --git a/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c b/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c
index 6c9a63d5dbb..b87d05c0440 100644
--- a/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c
+++ b/contrib/ltree/ltxtquery_io.c
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ makepol(QPRS_STATE * state)
 			case OPEN:
 				if (makepol(state) == ERR)
 					return ERR;
-				if (lenstack && (stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '&' ||
-								 stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '!'))
+				while (lenstack && (stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '&' ||
+									stack[lenstack - 1] == (int4) '!'))
 				{
 					lenstack--;
 					pushquery(state, OPR, stack[lenstack], 0, 0, 0);
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
index 4b0425965f3..4bbc3e00533 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/tsquery.c
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ makepol(TSQueryParserState state,
 			case PT_OPEN:
 				makepol(state, pushval, opaque);
 
-				if (lenstack && (opstack[lenstack - 1] == OP_AND ||
-								 opstack[lenstack - 1] == OP_NOT))
+				while (lenstack && (opstack[lenstack - 1] == OP_AND ||
+									opstack[lenstack - 1] == OP_NOT))
 				{
 					lenstack--;
 					pushOperator(state, opstack[lenstack]);