diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c
index 7dd830566..755400863 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/remote_transaction.c
@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ FinishRemoteTransactionPrepare(struct MultiConnection *connection)
 		transaction->transactionState = REMOTE_TRANS_PREPARED;
 	}
 
+	PQclear(result);
+
 	/*
 	 * Try to consume results of PREPARE TRANSACTION command. If we don't
 	 * succeed, rollback the transaction. Note that we've not committed on