diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index 40076802e5f9e28a85cf0a7bfdc5b713990efbaf..aabbdac8d007f05f9df56881822c011f532e0916 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -918,10 +918,10 @@ BaseBackup(void)
 				progname, PQerrorMessage(conn));
 		disconnect_and_exit(1);
 	}
-	if (PQntuples(res) != 1)
+	if (PQntuples(res) != 1 || PQnfields(res) != 3)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not identify system, got %i rows\n"),
-				progname, PQntuples(res));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not identify system, got %i rows and %i fields\n"),
+				progname, PQntuples(res), PQnfields(res));
 		disconnect_and_exit(1);
 	}
 	sysidentifier = strdup(PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0));
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ BaseBackup(void)
 		{
 			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not parse xlog end position \"%s\"\n"),
 					progname, xlogend);
-			exit(1);
+			disconnect_and_exit(1);
 		}
 		InterlockedIncrement(&has_xlogendptr);
 
@@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@ BaseBackup(void)
 	/*
 	 * End of copy data. Final result is already checked inside the loop.
 	 */
+	PQclear(res);
 	PQfinish(conn);
 
 	if (verbose)
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
index e698b06b7d3417ad5546aec19b9be8238c37c776..fe9e39bb2143fbb4e1c7448ac5925b9eddb7b3ef 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_receivexlog.c
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ StreamLog(void)
 				progname, PQerrorMessage(conn));
 		disconnect_and_exit(1);
 	}
-	if (PQntuples(res) != 1)
+	if (PQntuples(res) != 1 || PQnfields(res) != 3)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not identify system, got %i rows\n"),
-				progname, PQntuples(res));
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not identify system, got %i rows and %i fields\n"),
+				progname, PQntuples(res), PQnfields(res));
 		disconnect_and_exit(1);
 	}
 	timeline = atoi(PQgetvalue(res, 0, 1));
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/receivelog.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/receivelog.c
index c390cbf13dfd4c536079733da20646202b341aca..8ca3882a72927d3ffc3c600b0d30e5e27c592fb9 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/receivelog.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/receivelog.c
@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ ReceiveXlogStream(PGconn *conn, XLogRecPtr startpos, uint32 timeline, char *sysi
 			PQclear(res);
 			return false;
 		}
+		if (PQnfields(res) != 3 || PQntuples(res) != 1)
+		{
+			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not identify system, got %i rows and %i fields\n"),
+					progname, PQntuples(res), PQnfields(res));
+			PQclear(res);
+			return false;
+		}
 		if (strcmp(sysidentifier, PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0)) != 0)
 		{
 			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: system identifier does not match between base backup and streaming connection\n"), progname);