diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 96dd99d8da8..537673e64fa 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug GH-20121 (JIT broken in ZTS builds on MacOS 15).
     (Arnaud, Shivam Mathur)
 
+- PgSql:
+  . Fix memory leak when first string conversion fails. (nielsdos)
+
 - Phar:
   . Fix memory leak of argument in webPhar. (nielsdos)
   . Fix memory leak when setAlias() fails. (nielsdos)
diff --git a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
index 1d7fee60170..e8fb99c7aca 100644
--- a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
+++ b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
@@ -1057,15 +1057,13 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(pg_query)
 
 static void _php_pgsql_free_params(char **params, int num_params)
 {
-	if (num_params > 0) {
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < num_params; i++) {
-			if (params[i]) {
-				efree(params[i]);
-			}
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < num_params; i++) {
+		if (params[i]) {
+			efree(params[i]);
 		}
-		efree(params);
 	}
+	efree(params);
 }
 
 /* Execute a query */