diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
index d5310f27db..228ee8e7d6 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_coerce.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ coerce_to_target_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *expr, Oid exprtype,
 	 * *must* know that to avoid possibly calling hide_coercion_node on
 	 * something that wasn't generated by coerce_type.  Note that if there are
 	 * multiple stacked CollateExprs, we just discard all but the topmost.
+	 * Also, if the target type isn't collatable, we discard the CollateExpr.
 	 */
 	origexpr = expr;
 	while (expr && IsA(expr, CollateExpr))
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ coerce_to_target_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *expr, Oid exprtype,
 								ccontext, cformat, location,
 								(result != expr && !IsA(result, Const)));
 
-	if (expr != origexpr)
+	if (expr != origexpr && type_is_collatable(targettype))
 	{
 		/* Reinstall top CollateExpr */
 		CollateExpr *coll = (CollateExpr *) origexpr;
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ coerce_type(ParseState *pstate, Node *node,
 		if (result)
 			return result;
 	}
-	if (IsA(node, CollateExpr))
+	if (IsA(node, CollateExpr) && type_is_collatable(targetTypeId))
 	{
 		/*
 		 * If we have a COLLATE clause, we have to push the coercion