diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
index 221d0fee6b..04311dccfe 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
@@ -3581,7 +3581,7 @@ _copyCreateEventTrigStmt(const CreateEventTrigStmt *from)
 	CreateEventTrigStmt *newnode = makeNode(CreateEventTrigStmt);
 
 	COPY_STRING_FIELD(trigname);
-	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(eventname);
+	COPY_STRING_FIELD(eventname);
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(whenclause);
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(funcname);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
index 7e53681e70..d48f7f6601 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ static bool
 _equalCreateEventTrigStmt(const CreateEventTrigStmt *a, const CreateEventTrigStmt *b)
 {
 	COMPARE_STRING_FIELD(trigname);
-	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(eventname);
+	COMPARE_STRING_FIELD(eventname);
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(funcname);
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(whenclause);