diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index 493d2944f1..9bc1c388ee 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.284 2007/06/17 23:39:28 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.285 2007/06/20 02:02:49 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1223,12 +1223,9 @@ DoCopyTo(CopyState cstate)
 
 		fstat(fileno(cstate->copy_file), &st);
 		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-		{
-			FreeFile(cstate->copy_file);
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 					 errmsg("\"%s\" is a directory", cstate->filename)));
-		}
 	}
 
 	PG_TRY();
@@ -1728,12 +1725,9 @@ CopyFrom(CopyState cstate)
 
 		fstat(fileno(cstate->copy_file), &st);
 		if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-		{
-			FreeFile(cstate->copy_file);
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
 					 errmsg("\"%s\" is a directory", cstate->filename)));
-		}
 	}
 
 	tupDesc = RelationGetDescr(cstate->rel);