diff --git a/cdr/cdr_pgsql.c b/cdr/cdr_pgsql.c
index 094a492546bb104923dd4eb9a5a6a3b47824cea3..aea56691bd134c46c0211840e4b81119241f9a65 100644
--- a/cdr/cdr_pgsql.c
+++ b/cdr/cdr_pgsql.c
@@ -670,42 +670,20 @@ static int config_module(int reload)
 		version = PQserverVersion(conn);
 
 		if (version >= 70300) {
-			char *schemaname, *tablename;
+			char *schemaname, *tablename, *tmp_schemaname, *tmp_tablename;
 			if (strchr(table, '.')) {
-				schemaname = ast_strdupa(table);
-				tablename = strchr(schemaname, '.');
-				*tablename++ = '\0';
+				tmp_schemaname = ast_strdupa(table);
+				tmp_tablename = strchr(tmp_schemaname, '.');
+				*tmp_tablename++ = '\0';
 			} else {
-				schemaname = "";
-				tablename = table;
+				tmp_schemaname = "";
+				tmp_tablename = table;
 			}
+			tablename = ast_alloca(strlen(tmp_tablename) * 2 + 1);
+			PQescapeStringConn(conn, tablename, tmp_tablename, strlen(tmp_tablename), NULL);
 
-			/* Escape special characters in schemaname */
-			if (strchr(schemaname, '\\') || strchr(schemaname, '\'')) {
-				char *tmp = schemaname, *ptr;
-
-				ptr = schemaname = ast_alloca(strlen(tmp) * 2 + 1);
-				for (; *tmp; tmp++) {
-					if (strchr("\\'", *tmp)) {
-						*ptr++ = *tmp;
-					}
-					*ptr++ = *tmp;
-				}
-				*ptr = '\0';
-			}
-			/* Escape special characters in tablename */
-			if (strchr(tablename, '\\') || strchr(tablename, '\'')) {
-				char *tmp = tablename, *ptr;
-
-				ptr = tablename = ast_alloca(strlen(tmp) * 2 + 1);
-				for (; *tmp; tmp++) {
-					if (strchr("\\'", *tmp)) {
-						*ptr++ = *tmp;
-					}
-					*ptr++ = *tmp;
-				}
-				*ptr = '\0';
-			}
+			schemaname = ast_alloca(strlen(tmp_schemaname) * 2 + 1);
+			PQescapeStringConn(conn, schemaname, tmp_schemaname, strlen(tmp_schemaname), NULL);
 
 			snprintf(sqlcmd, sizeof(sqlcmd), "SELECT a.attname, t.typname, a.attlen, a.attnotnull, d.adsrc, a.atttypmod FROM (((pg_catalog.pg_class c INNER JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace AND c.relname = '%s' AND n.nspname = %s%s%s) INNER JOIN pg_catalog.pg_attribute a ON (NOT a.attisdropped) AND a.attnum > 0 AND a.attrelid = c.oid) INNER JOIN pg_catalog.pg_type t ON t.oid = a.atttypid) LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_attrdef d ON a.atthasdef AND d.adrelid = a.attrelid AND d.adnum = a.attnum ORDER BY n.nspname, c.relname, attnum",
 				tablename,