diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c
index 2d94f8b0da5..6e44cc306c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c
@@ -723,7 +723,8 @@ translate(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *to = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(2);
 	text	   *result;
 	char	   *from_ptr,
-			   *to_ptr;
+			   *to_ptr,
+			   *to_end;
 	char	   *source,
 			   *target;
 	int			m,
@@ -745,6 +746,7 @@ translate(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	from_ptr = VARDATA_ANY(from);
 	tolen = VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(to);
 	to_ptr = VARDATA_ANY(to);
+	to_end = to_ptr + tolen;
 
 	/*
 	 * The worst-case expansion is to substitute a max-length character for a
@@ -778,16 +780,16 @@ translate(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		}
 		if (i < fromlen)
 		{
-			/* substitute */
+			/* substitute, or delete if no corresponding "to" character */
 			char	   *p = to_ptr;
 
 			for (i = 0; i < from_index; i++)
 			{
-				p += pg_mblen(p);
-				if (p >= (to_ptr + tolen))
+				if (p >= to_end)
 					break;
+				p += pg_mblen(p);
 			}
-			if (p < (to_ptr + tolen))
+			if (p < to_end)
 			{
 				len = pg_mblen(p);
 				memcpy(target, p, len);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
index 6fbaf152cd1..213b236a145 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
@@ -1771,6 +1771,12 @@ SELECT translate('12345', '14', 'ax');
  a23x5
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT translate('12345', '134', 'a');
+ translate 
+-----------
+ a25
+(1 row)
+
 SELECT ascii('x');
  ascii 
 -------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
index 8eb6bf30af5..7cb31859e4b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ SELECT ltrim('zzzytrim', 'xyz');
 
 SELECT translate('', '14', 'ax');
 SELECT translate('12345', '14', 'ax');
+SELECT translate('12345', '134', 'a');
 
 SELECT ascii('x');
 SELECT ascii('');