diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copyfromparse.c b/src/backend/commands/copyfromparse.c
index 5c831229764..8710155fc17 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copyfromparse.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copyfromparse.c
@@ -1090,8 +1090,6 @@ NextCopyFrom(CopyFromState cstate, ExprContext *econtext,
 	if (fill_missing_values_in_copyfrom_hook)
 		fill_missing_values_in_copyfrom_hook(cstate->rel, values, nulls);
 
-	pfree(cstate->defaults);
-
 	return true;
 }