diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
index e53b74ea28..65b3ed865d 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/trigger.c,v 1.143 2003/01/08 22:28:32 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/trigger.c,v 1.144 2003/01/08 22:29:23 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2346,11 +2346,6 @@ DeferredTriggerSaveEvent(ResultRelInfo *relinfo, int event, bool row_trigger,
 	else
 		ItemPointerSetInvalid(&(newctid));
 
-	/*
-	 * Create a new event
-	 */
-	oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(deftrig_cxt);
-
 	if (row_trigger)
 	{
 		ntriggers = trigdesc->n_after_row[event];
@@ -2382,6 +2377,11 @@ DeferredTriggerSaveEvent(ResultRelInfo *relinfo, int event, bool row_trigger,
 	if (n_enabled_triggers == 0)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Create a new event
+	 */
+	oldcxt = MemoryContextSwitchTo(deftrig_cxt);
+
 	new_size = offsetof(DeferredTriggerEventData, dte_item[0]) +
 		n_enabled_triggers * sizeof(DeferredTriggerEventItem);