diff --git a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
index 1aad2e769c..d5ec7f8628 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/publicationcmds.c
@@ -358,9 +358,6 @@ contain_invalid_rfcolumn(Oid pubid, Relation relation, List *ancestors,
 		context.bms_replident = bms;
 		rfnode = stringToNode(TextDatumGetCString(rfdatum));
 		result = contain_invalid_rfcolumn_walker(rfnode, &context);
-
-		bms_free(bms);
-		pfree(rfnode);
 	}
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(rftuple);