diff --git a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
index ef486593c0..0919ad8dfe 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ movedb(const char *dbname, const char *tblspcname)
 		ScanKeyInit(&scankey,
 					Anum_pg_database_datname,
 					BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_NAMEEQ,
-					NameGetDatum(dbname));
+					CStringGetDatum(dbname));
 		sysscan = systable_beginscan(pgdbrel, DatabaseNameIndexId, true,
 									 NULL, 1, &scankey);
 		oldtuple = systable_getnext(sysscan);
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ AlterDatabase(ParseState *pstate, AlterDatabaseStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	ScanKeyInit(&scankey,
 				Anum_pg_database_datname,
 				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_NAMEEQ,
-				NameGetDatum(stmt->dbname));
+				CStringGetDatum(stmt->dbname));
 	scan = systable_beginscan(rel, DatabaseNameIndexId, true,
 							  NULL, 1, &scankey);
 	tuple = systable_getnext(scan);
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ AlterDatabaseOwner(const char *dbname, Oid newOwnerId)
 	ScanKeyInit(&scankey,
 				Anum_pg_database_datname,
 				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_NAMEEQ,
-				NameGetDatum(dbname));
+				CStringGetDatum(dbname));
 	scan = systable_beginscan(rel, DatabaseNameIndexId, true,
 							  NULL, 1, &scankey);
 	tuple = systable_getnext(scan);
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ get_db_info(const char *name, LOCKMODE lockmode,
 		ScanKeyInit(&scanKey,
 					Anum_pg_database_datname,
 					BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_NAMEEQ,
-					NameGetDatum(name));
+					CStringGetDatum(name));
 
 		scan = systable_beginscan(relation, DatabaseNameIndexId, true,
 								  NULL, 1, &scanKey);
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/proclang.c b/src/backend/commands/proclang.c
index 761d08f604..4f870e8d30 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/proclang.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/proclang.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ find_language_template(const char *languageName)
 	ScanKeyInit(&key,
 				Anum_pg_pltemplate_tmplname,
 				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_NAMEEQ,
-				NameGetDatum(languageName));
+				CStringGetDatum(languageName));
 	scan = systable_beginscan(rel, PLTemplateNameIndexId, true,
 							  NULL, 1, &key);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
index 41fd2dae7f..056933a584 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
@@ -3503,7 +3503,7 @@ AlterTypeNamespaceInternal(Oid typeOid, Oid nspOid,
 
 		/* check for duplicate name (more friendly than unique-index failure) */
 		if (SearchSysCacheExists2(TYPENAMENSP,
-								  CStringGetDatum(NameStr(typform->typname)),
+								  NameGetDatum(&typform->typname),
 								  ObjectIdGetDatum(nspOid)))
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_OBJECT),
diff --git a/src/include/postgres.h b/src/include/postgres.h
index d999013238..be4d0d609e 100644
--- a/src/include/postgres.h
+++ b/src/include/postgres.h
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ typedef Datum *DatumPtr;
  * value has adequate lifetime.
  */
 
-#define NameGetDatum(X) PointerGetDatum(X)
+#define NameGetDatum(X) CStringGetDatum(NameStr(*(X)))
 
 /*
  * DatumGetInt64