diff --git a/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c b/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
index 37b8638a08fed50a366649b58dccf2bef3693fb0..4bba81aceb79d72e24df2404d3bbb2d16560a7f4 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**********************************************************************
  * plpython.c - python as a procedural language for PostgreSQL
  *
- *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c,v 1.137 2010/02/14 18:42:19 rhaas Exp $
+ *	$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpython/plpython.c,v 1.138 2010/02/18 23:50:06 tgl Exp $
  *
  *********************************************************************
  */
@@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ PLy_spi_prepare(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject   *volatile optr = NULL;
 	char	   *query;
 	void	   *tmpplan;
-	MemoryContext oldcontext;
+	volatile MemoryContext oldcontext;
 
 	/* Can't execute more if we have an unhandled error */
 	if (PLy_error_in_progress)
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ PLy_spi_execute_plan(PyObject *ob, PyObject *list, long limit)
 	int			i,
 				rv;
 	PLyPlanObject *plan;
-	MemoryContext oldcontext;
+	volatile MemoryContext oldcontext;
 
 	if (list != NULL)
 	{
@@ -3081,7 +3081,7 @@ static PyObject *
 PLy_spi_execute_query(char *query, long limit)
 {
 	int			rv;
-	MemoryContext oldcontext;
+	volatile MemoryContext oldcontext;
 
 	oldcontext = CurrentMemoryContext;
 	PG_TRY();
@@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ static PyObject *
 PLy_spi_execute_fetch_result(SPITupleTable *tuptable, int rows, int status)
 {
 	PLyResultObject *result;
-	MemoryContext oldcontext;
+	volatile MemoryContext oldcontext;
 
 	result = (PLyResultObject *) PLy_result_new();
 	Py_DECREF(result->status);