diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c
index 0ec77a6090f..9279904b465 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/extended_stats_funcs.c
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ import_pg_statistic(Relation pgsd, JsonbContainer *cont,
 	pgstup = heap_form_tuple(RelationGetDescr(pgsd), values, nulls);
 	pgstdat = heap_copy_tuple_as_datum(pgstup, RelationGetDescr(pgsd));
 
-	pfree(pgstup);
+	heap_freetuple(pgstup);
 
 	*pg_statistic_ok = true;