diff --git a/contrib/intarray/_int_selfuncs.c b/contrib/intarray/_int_selfuncs.c
index d2df83404ef..11779293903 100644
--- a/contrib/intarray/_int_selfuncs.c
+++ b/contrib/intarray/_int_selfuncs.c
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ _int_matchsel(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	 * query_int.
 	 */
 	if (vardata.vartype != INT4ARRAYOID)
+	{
+		ReleaseVariableStats(vardata);
 		PG_RETURN_FLOAT8(DEFAULT_EQ_SEL);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Can't do anything useful if the something is not a constant, either.