diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/connection/executor.rs b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/connection/executor.rs
index 80a7e9e121..ad8e794c30 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/connection/executor.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/connection/executor.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ impl PgConnection {
                 message if message.format == MessageFormat::PortalSuspended => {
                     // there was an open portal
                     // this can happen if the last time a statement was used it was not fully executed
-                    // such as in [fetch_one]
                 }
 
                 message if message.format == MessageFormat::CloseComplete => {
@@ -219,8 +218,7 @@ impl PgConnection {
             // patch holes created during encoding
             arguments.apply_patches(self, &metadata.parameters).await?;
 
-            // apply patches use fetch_optional thaht may produce `PortalSuspended` message,
-            // consume messages til `ReadyForQuery` before bind and execute
+            // consume messages till `ReadyForQuery` before bind and execute
             self.wait_until_ready().await?;
 
             // bind to attach the arguments to the statement and create a portal
@@ -239,6 +237,16 @@ impl PgConnection {
                 portal: None,
                 limit: limit.into(),
             });
+            // From https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/protocol-flow.html:
+            //
+            // "An unnamed portal is destroyed at the end of the transaction, or as
+            // soon as the next Bind statement specifying the unnamed portal as
+            // destination is issued. (Note that a simple Query message also
+            // destroys the unnamed portal."
+
+            // we ask the database server to close the unnamed portal and free the associated resources
+            // earlier - after the execution of the current query.
+            self.stream.write(message::Close::Portal(None));
 
             // finally, [Sync] asks postgres to process the messages that we sent and respond with
             // a [ReadyForQuery] message when it's completely done. Theoretically, we could send
@@ -271,10 +279,17 @@ impl PgConnection {
                     MessageFormat::BindComplete
                     | MessageFormat::ParseComplete
                     | MessageFormat::ParameterDescription
-                    | MessageFormat::NoData => {
+                    | MessageFormat::NoData
+                    // unnamed portal has been closed
+                    | MessageFormat::CloseComplete
+                    => {
                         // harmless messages to ignore
                     }
 
+                    // "Execute phase is always terminated by the appearance of
+                    // exactly one of these messages: CommandComplete,
+                    // EmptyQueryResponse (if the portal was created from an
+                    // empty query string), ErrorResponse, or PortalSuspended"
                     MessageFormat::CommandComplete => {
                         // a SQL command completed normally
                         let cc: CommandComplete = message.decode()?;
@@ -290,6 +305,11 @@ impl PgConnection {
                         // empty query string passed to an unprepared execute
                     }
 
+                    // Message::ErrorResponse is handled in self.stream.recv()
+
+                    // incomplete query execution has finished
+                    MessageFormat::PortalSuspended => {}
+
                     MessageFormat::RowDescription => {
                         // indicates that a *new* set of rows are about to be returned
                         let (columns, column_names) = self
diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/message/close.rs b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/message/close.rs
index a073979063..ed5de761c8 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/message/close.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/message/close.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const CLOSE_STATEMENT: u8 = b'S';
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub enum Close {
     Statement(Oid),
-    Portal(Oid),
+    // None selects the unnamed portal
+    Portal(Option<Oid>),
 }
 
 impl Encode<'_> for Close {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ impl Encode<'_> for Close {
 
             Close::Portal(id) => {
                 buf.push(CLOSE_PORTAL);
-                buf.put_portal_name(Some(*id));
+                buf.put_portal_name(*id);
             }
         })
     }