diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
index 1a07876cd5..37e0cabe60 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/xml.c
@@ -4448,7 +4448,7 @@ xpath_internal(text *xpath_expr_text, xmltype *data, ArrayType *namespaces,
 			}
 		}
 
-		xpathcomp = xmlXPathCompile(xpath_expr);
+		xpathcomp = xmlXPathCtxtCompile(xpathctx, xpath_expr);
 		if (xpathcomp == NULL || xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
 			xml_ereport(xmlerrcxt, ERROR, ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR,
 						"invalid XPath expression");