diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c b/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c
index a9a9114490efacc233326650447ad9c380a31240..6719017c6d152ae0f9ee10d2d79133a208d9696e 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/pqformat.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- *	$Id: pqformat.c,v 1.16 2001/01/24 19:42:56 momjian Exp $
+ *	$Id: pqformat.c,v 1.17 2001/04/16 01:46:57 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -213,13 +213,8 @@ pq_sendint(StringInfo buf, int i, int b)
 void
 pq_endmessage(StringInfo buf)
 {
-	if (pq_putmessage('\0', buf->data, buf->len))
-	{
-		snprintf(PQerrormsg, PQERRORMSG_LENGTH,
-				 "FATAL: pq_endmessage failed: errno=%d\n", errno);
-		fputs(PQerrormsg, stderr);
-		pqdebug("%s", PQerrormsg);
-	}
+	(void) pq_putmessage('\0', buf->data, buf->len);
+	/* no need to complain about any failure, since pqcomm.c already did */
 	pfree(buf->data);
 	buf->data = NULL;
 }