diff --git a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
index eae548266a902..484995043d448 100644
--- a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
+++ b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
@@ -3273,18 +3273,14 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(pg_copy_from)
 					if (UNEXPECTED(!tmp)) {
 						return;
 					}
-					query = (char *)emalloc(ZSTR_LEN(tmp) + 2);
-					strlcpy(query, ZSTR_VAL(tmp), ZSTR_LEN(tmp) + 2);
-					if (ZSTR_LEN(tmp) > 0 && *(query + ZSTR_LEN(tmp) - 1) != '\n') {
-						strlcat(query, "\n", ZSTR_LEN(tmp) + 2);
+					if (ZSTR_LEN(tmp) > 0 && ZSTR_VAL(tmp)[ZSTR_LEN(tmp)]  != '\n') {
+						ZSTR_VAL(tmp)[ZSTR_LEN(tmp) ] = '\n';
 					}
-					if (PQputCopyData(pgsql, query, (int)strlen(query)) != 1) {
-						efree(query);
+					if (PQputCopyData(pgsql, ZSTR_VAL(tmp), ZSTR_LEN(tmp)) != 1) {
 						zend_string_release(tmp);
 						PHP_PQ_ERROR("copy failed: %s", pgsql);
 						RETURN_FALSE;
 					}
-					efree(query);
 					zend_string_release(tmp);
 				} ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_END();