diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
index 334b9b42bd..cdf9c5c78a 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c
@@ -2106,20 +2106,12 @@ findTargetlistEntrySQL92(ParseState *pstate, Node *node, List **tlist,
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (IsA(node, A_Const))
+	if (IsA(node, A_Const) && IsA(&castNode(A_Const, node)->val, Integer))
 	{
 		A_Const    *aconst = castNode(A_Const, node);
 		int			targetlist_pos = 0;
 		int			target_pos;
 
-		if (!IsA(&aconst->val, Integer))
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
-			/* translator: %s is name of a SQL construct, eg ORDER BY */
-					 errmsg("non-integer constant in %s",
-							ParseExprKindName(exprKind)),
-					 parser_errposition(pstate, aconst->location)));
-
 		target_pos = intVal(&aconst->val);
 		foreach(tl, *tlist)
 		{