diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/multirangetypes.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/multirangetypes.c
index 7773215564..51b0ec95ab 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/multirangetypes.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/multirangetypes.c
@@ -713,7 +713,10 @@ multirange_get_range(TypeCacheEntry *rangetyp,
 	if (RANGE_HAS_LBOUND(flags))
 		ptr = (Pointer) att_addlength_pointer(ptr, typlen, ptr);
 	if (RANGE_HAS_UBOUND(flags))
+	{
+		ptr = (Pointer) att_align_pointer(ptr, typalign, typlen, ptr);
 		ptr = (Pointer) att_addlength_pointer(ptr, typlen, ptr);
+	}
 	len = (ptr - begin) + sizeof(RangeType) + sizeof(uint8);
 
 	range = palloc0(len);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multirangetypes.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multirangetypes.out
index f5f089741c..bde3f248a7 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multirangetypes.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multirangetypes.out
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ select ' {( " a " " a ", " z " " z " )  }'::textmultirange;
  {("  a   a ","  z   z  ")}
 (1 row)
 
+select textrange('\\\\', repeat('a', 200))::textmultirange;
+                                                                                                        textrange                                                                                                        
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {["\\\\\\\\",aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)}
+(1 row)
+
 select '{(,z)}'::textmultirange;
  textmultirange 
 ----------------
@@ -289,10 +295,10 @@ select textmultirange(textrange('a', 'c'), textrange('f', 'g'));
  {[a,c),[f,g)}
 (1 row)
 
-select textmultirange(textrange('a', 'c'), textrange('b', 'd'));
- textmultirange 
-----------------
- {[a,d)}
+select textmultirange(textrange('\\\\', repeat('a', 200)), textrange('c', 'd'));
+                                                                                                        textmultirange                                                                                                         
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ {["\\\\\\\\",aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa),[c,d)}
 (1 row)
 
 --
@@ -363,6 +369,13 @@ select unnest(textmultirange(textrange('a', 'b'), textrange('d', 'e')));
  [d,e)
 (2 rows)
 
+select unnest(textmultirange(textrange('\\\\', repeat('a', 200)), textrange('c', 'd')));
+                                                                                                        unnest                                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ ["\\\\\\\\",aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
+ [c,d)
+(2 rows)
+
 --
 -- create some test data and test the operators
 --
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out
index e6ca99d43d..2eaed6e1f4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rangetypes.out
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ select ' ( " a " " a ", " z " " z " )  '::textrange;
  ("  a   a ","  z   z  ")
 (1 row)
 
-select '(,z)'::textrange;
- textrange 
------------
- (,z)
-(1 row)
-
 select '(a,)'::textrange;
  textrange 
 -----------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multirangetypes.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multirangetypes.sql
index ad50afc0f5..df1edb4d31 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multirangetypes.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multirangetypes.sql
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ select '{}'::textmultirange;
 select '  {}  '::textmultirange;
 select ' { empty, empty }  '::textmultirange;
 select ' {( " a " " a ", " z " " z " )  }'::textmultirange;
+select textrange('\\\\', repeat('a', 200))::textmultirange;
 select '{(,z)}'::textmultirange;
 select '{(a,)}'::textmultirange;
 select '{[,z]}'::textmultirange;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ select '{(a,a)}'::textmultirange;
 select textmultirange();
 select textmultirange(textrange('a', 'c'));
 select textmultirange(textrange('a', 'c'), textrange('f', 'g'));
-select textmultirange(textrange('a', 'c'), textrange('b', 'd'));
+select textmultirange(textrange('\\\\', repeat('a', 200)), textrange('c', 'd'));
 
 --
 -- test casts, both a built-in range type and a user-defined one:
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ select textrange(null, null)::textmultirange;
 --
 select unnest(int4multirange(int4range('5', '6'), int4range('1', '2')));
 select unnest(textmultirange(textrange('a', 'b'), textrange('d', 'e')));
+select unnest(textmultirange(textrange('\\\\', repeat('a', 200)), textrange('c', 'd')));
 
 --
 -- create some test data and test the operators
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/rangetypes.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/rangetypes.sql
index cb5353de6f..a2d411d0da 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/rangetypes.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/rangetypes.sql
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ select '[z,a]'::textrange;
 select '  empty  '::textrange;
 select ' ( empty, empty )  '::textrange;
 select ' ( " a " " a ", " z " " z " )  '::textrange;
-select '(,z)'::textrange;
 select '(a,)'::textrange;
 select '[,z]'::textrange;
 select '[a,]'::textrange;