diff --git a/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c b/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
index 6455782beca..f4021212b7e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ libpqrcv_processTuples(PGresult *pgres, WalRcvExecResult *walres,
 	/* Process returned rows. */
 	for (tupn = 0; tupn < walres->ntuples; tupn++)
 	{
-		char	   *cstrs[nfields];
+		char	   *cstrs[MaxTupleAttributeNumber];
 
 		ProcessWalRcvInterrupts();