diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_util.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_util.c
index 5cd9140..03cc125 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_util.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_util.c
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ static void appendElement(JsonbParseState *pstate, JsonbValue *scalarVal);
 static int	lengthCompareJsonbStringValue(const void *a, const void *b);
 static int	lengthCompareJsonbPair(const void *a, const void *b, void *arg);
 static void uniqueifyJsonbObject(JsonbValue *object);
+static JsonbValue *pushJsonbValueScalar(JsonbParseState **pstate,
+										JsonbIteratorToken seq,
+										JsonbValue *scalarVal);
 
 /*
  * Turn an in-memory JsonbValue into a Jsonb for on-disk storage.
@@ -505,8 +508,37 @@ fillJsonbValue(JsonbContainer *container, int index,
  * JsonbValue.  There is one exception -- WJB_BEGIN_ARRAY callers may pass a
  * "raw scalar" pseudo array to append that.
  */
+
 JsonbValue *
 pushJsonbValue(JsonbParseState **pstate, JsonbIteratorToken seq,
+			   JsonbValue *jbval)
+{
+	JsonbIterator *it;
+	JsonbValue *res = NULL;
+	JsonbValue v;
+	JsonbIteratorToken tok;
+
+	if (!jbval || (seq != WJB_ELEM && seq != WJB_VALUE) ||
+		jbval->type != jbvBinary)
+	{
+		/* drop through */
+		return pushJsonbValueScalar(pstate, seq, jbval);
+	}
+
+	/* unpack the binary and add each piece to the pstate */
+	it = JsonbIteratorInit(jbval->val.binary.data);
+	while ((tok = JsonbIteratorNext(&it, &v, false)) != WJB_DONE)
+		res = pushJsonbValueScalar(pstate, tok,
+								   tok < WJB_BEGIN_ARRAY ? &v : NULL);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+
+
+
+static JsonbValue *
+pushJsonbValueScalar(JsonbParseState **pstate, JsonbIteratorToken seq,
 			   JsonbValue *scalarVal)
 {
 	JsonbValue *result = NULL;
@@ -549,13 +581,11 @@ pushJsonbValue(JsonbParseState **pstate, JsonbIteratorToken seq,
 			appendKey(*pstate, scalarVal);
 			break;
 		case WJB_VALUE:
-			Assert(IsAJsonbScalar(scalarVal) ||
-				   scalarVal->type == jbvBinary);
+			Assert(IsAJsonbScalar(scalarVal));
 			appendValue(*pstate, scalarVal);
 			break;
 		case WJB_ELEM:
-			Assert(IsAJsonbScalar(scalarVal) ||
-				   scalarVal->type == jbvBinary);
+			Assert(IsAJsonbScalar(scalarVal));
 			appendElement(*pstate, scalarVal);
 			break;
 		case WJB_END_OBJECT: