diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 86a51bf188f..1af8cffa085 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
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 ?? ??? 2018, PHP 7.1.15
 
-
+- PGSQL:
+  . Fixed #75838 (Memory leak in pg_escape_bytea()). (ard_1 at mail dot ru)
 
 01 Feb 2018, PHP 7.1.14
 
diff --git a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
index 2b9e069098e..904b9aa3bfa 100644
--- a/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
+++ b/ext/pgsql/pgsql.c
@@ -4442,6 +4442,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(pg_escape_bytea)
 		to = (char *)PQescapeBytea((unsigned char*)from, from_len, &to_len);
 
 	RETVAL_STRINGL(to, to_len-1); /* to_len includes additional '\0' */
+	PQfreemem(to);
 }
 /* }}} */