diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
index 3cbd05f41a0726ffaf97516b8775cb803cc539e7..4d8043dfc83016e9ba2e778be38fb966ff722425 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * (currently mule internal code (mic) is used)
  * Tatsuo Ishii
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c,v 1.68 2007/11/15 21:14:40 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/mbutils.c,v 1.69 2008/01/09 23:43:54 tgl Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ pg_convert_to(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Datum		string = PG_GETARG_DATUM(0);
 	Datum		dest_encoding_name = PG_GETARG_DATUM(1);
-	Datum		src_encoding_name = DirectFunctionCall1(
-							namein, CStringGetDatum(DatabaseEncoding->name));
+	Datum		src_encoding_name = DirectFunctionCall1(namein,
+									CStringGetDatum(DatabaseEncoding->name));
 	Datum		result;
 
 	/*
@@ -310,11 +310,8 @@ pg_convert_to(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * text argument here, relying on the fact that they are both in fact
 	 * varlena types, and thus structurally identical.
 	 */
-	result = DirectFunctionCall3(
-				  pg_convert, string, src_encoding_name, dest_encoding_name);
-
-	/* free memory allocated by namein */
-	pfree((void *) src_encoding_name);
+	result = DirectFunctionCall3(pg_convert, string,
+								 src_encoding_name, dest_encoding_name);
 
 	PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(result);
 }
@@ -329,15 +326,12 @@ pg_convert_from(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Datum		string = PG_GETARG_DATUM(0);
 	Datum		src_encoding_name = PG_GETARG_DATUM(1);
-	Datum		dest_encoding_name = DirectFunctionCall1(
-							namein, CStringGetDatum(DatabaseEncoding->name));
+	Datum		dest_encoding_name = DirectFunctionCall1(namein,
+									CStringGetDatum(DatabaseEncoding->name));
 	Datum		result;
 
-	result = DirectFunctionCall3(
-				  pg_convert, string, src_encoding_name, dest_encoding_name);
-
-	/* free memory allocated by namein */
-	pfree((void *) src_encoding_name);
+	result = DirectFunctionCall3(pg_convert, string,
+								 src_encoding_name, dest_encoding_name);
 
 	/*
 	 * pg_convert returns a bytea, which we in turn return as text, relying on