diff --git a/src/bin/psql/crosstabview.c b/src/bin/psql/crosstabview.c
index b283c24e3c..945cb2a3ff 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/crosstabview.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/crosstabview.c
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ printCrosstab(const PGresult *results,
 	{
 		int			row_number;
 		int			col_number;
-		pivot_field *p;
+		pivot_field *rp,
+				   *cp;
 		pivot_field elt;
 
 		/* Find target row */
@@ -360,13 +361,13 @@ printCrosstab(const PGresult *results,
 			elt.name = PQgetvalue(results, rn, field_for_rows);
 		else
 			elt.name = NULL;
-		p = (pivot_field *) bsearch(&elt,
-									piv_rows,
-									num_rows,
-									sizeof(pivot_field),
-									pivotFieldCompare);
-		Assert(p != NULL);
-		row_number = p->rank;
+		rp = (pivot_field *) bsearch(&elt,
+									 piv_rows,
+									 num_rows,
+									 sizeof(pivot_field),
+									 pivotFieldCompare);
+		Assert(rp != NULL);
+		row_number = rp->rank;
 
 		/* Find target column */
 		if (!PQgetisnull(results, rn, field_for_columns))
@@ -374,13 +375,13 @@ printCrosstab(const PGresult *results,
 		else
 			elt.name = NULL;
 
-		p = (pivot_field *) bsearch(&elt,
-									piv_columns,
-									num_columns,
-									sizeof(pivot_field),
-									pivotFieldCompare);
-		Assert(p != NULL);
-		col_number = p->rank;
+		cp = (pivot_field *) bsearch(&elt,
+									 piv_columns,
+									 num_columns,
+									 sizeof(pivot_field),
+									 pivotFieldCompare);
+		Assert(cp != NULL);
+		col_number = cp->rank;
 
 		/* Place value into cell */
 		if (col_number >= 0 && row_number >= 0)
@@ -396,10 +397,10 @@ printCrosstab(const PGresult *results,
 			if (cont.cells[idx] != NULL)
 			{
 				psql_error("\\crosstabview: query result contains multiple data values for row \"%s\", column \"%s\"\n",
-					  piv_rows[row_number].name ? piv_rows[row_number].name :
-						   popt.nullPrint ? popt.nullPrint : "(null)",
-				piv_columns[col_number].name ? piv_columns[col_number].name :
-						   popt.nullPrint ? popt.nullPrint : "(null)");
+						   rp->name ? rp->name :
+						   (popt.nullPrint ? popt.nullPrint : "(null)"),
+						   cp->name ? cp->name :
+						   (popt.nullPrint ? popt.nullPrint : "(null)"));
 				goto error;
 			}
 
@@ -694,8 +695,8 @@ indexOfColumn(char *arg, const PGresult *res)
 static int
 pivotFieldCompare(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
-	pivot_field *pa = (pivot_field *) a;
-	pivot_field *pb = (pivot_field *) b;
+	const pivot_field *pa = (const pivot_field *) a;
+	const pivot_field *pb = (const pivot_field *) b;
 
 	/* test null values */
 	if (!pb->name)
@@ -704,12 +705,11 @@ pivotFieldCompare(const void *a, const void *b)
 		return 1;
 
 	/* non-null values */
-	return strcmp(((pivot_field *) a)->name,
-				  ((pivot_field *) b)->name);
+	return strcmp(pa->name, pb->name);
 }
 
 static int
 rankCompare(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
-	return *((int *) a) - *((int *) b);
+	return *((const int *) a) - *((const int *) b);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/psql_crosstab.out b/src/test/regress/expected/psql_crosstab.out
index b583323a9e..eae6fbd051 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/psql_crosstab.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/psql_crosstab.out
@@ -201,3 +201,16 @@ SELECT a,a,1 FROM generate_series(1,3000) AS a
 SELECT 1 \crosstabview
 \crosstabview: query must return at least three columns
 DROP TABLE ctv_data;
+-- check error reporting (bug #14476)
+CREATE TABLE ctv_data (x int, y int, v text);
+INSERT INTO ctv_data SELECT 1, x, '*' || x FROM generate_series(1,10) x;
+SELECT * FROM ctv_data \crosstabview
+ x | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  
+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----
+ 1 | *1 | *2 | *3 | *4 | *5 | *6 | *7 | *8 | *9 | *10
+(1 row)
+
+INSERT INTO ctv_data VALUES (1, 10, '*'); -- duplicate data to cause error
+SELECT * FROM ctv_data \crosstabview
+\crosstabview: query result contains multiple data values for row "1", column "10"
+DROP TABLE ctv_data;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/psql_crosstab.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/psql_crosstab.sql
index 1237e82f2d..5a4511389d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/psql_crosstab.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/psql_crosstab.sql
@@ -111,3 +111,14 @@ SELECT a,a,1 FROM generate_series(1,3000) AS a
 SELECT 1 \crosstabview
 
 DROP TABLE ctv_data;
+
+-- check error reporting (bug #14476)
+CREATE TABLE ctv_data (x int, y int, v text);
+
+INSERT INTO ctv_data SELECT 1, x, '*' || x FROM generate_series(1,10) x;
+SELECT * FROM ctv_data \crosstabview
+
+INSERT INTO ctv_data VALUES (1, 10, '*'); -- duplicate data to cause error
+SELECT * FROM ctv_data \crosstabview
+
+DROP TABLE ctv_data;