PG_TRY();
    {
        bool        parse_as_document = false;
+       int         options;
        int         res_code;
        size_t      count = 0;
        xmlChar    *version = NULL;
 
        xmlInitParser();
 
-       ctxt = xmlNewParserCtxt();
-       if (ctxt == NULL || xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
-           xml_ereport(xmlerrcxt, ERROR, ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
-                       "could not allocate parser context");
-
        /* Decide whether to parse as document or content */
        if (xmloption_arg == XMLOPTION_DOCUMENT)
            parse_as_document = true;
                parse_as_document = true;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * Select parse options.
+        *
+        * Note that here we try to apply DTD defaults (XML_PARSE_DTDATTR)
+        * according to SQL/XML:2008 GR 10.16.7.d: 'Default values defined by
+        * internal DTD are applied'.  As for external DTDs, we try to support
+        * them too (see SQL/XML:2008 GR 10.16.7.e), but that doesn't really
+        * happen because xmlPgEntityLoader prevents it.
+        */
+       options = XML_PARSE_NOENT | XML_PARSE_DTDATTR
+           | (preserve_whitespace ? 0 : XML_PARSE_NOBLANKS);
+
        if (parse_as_document)
        {
-           /*
-            * Note, that here we try to apply DTD defaults
-            * (XML_PARSE_DTDATTR) according to SQL/XML:2008 GR 10.16.7.d:
-            * 'Default values defined by internal DTD are applied'. As for
-            * external DTDs, we try to support them too, (see SQL/XML:2008 GR
-            * 10.16.7.e)
-            */
+           ctxt = xmlNewParserCtxt();
+           if (ctxt == NULL || xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
+               xml_ereport(xmlerrcxt, ERROR, ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+                           "could not allocate parser context");
+
            doc = xmlCtxtReadDoc(ctxt, utf8string,
-                                NULL,
+                                NULL,  /* no URL */
                                 "UTF-8",
-                                XML_PARSE_NOENT | XML_PARSE_DTDATTR
-                                | (preserve_whitespace ? 0 : XML_PARSE_NOBLANKS));
+                                options);
+
            if (doc == NULL || xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
            {
                /* Use original option to decide which error code to throw */
        }
        else
        {
+           xmlNodePtr  root;
+
+           /* set up document with empty root node to be the context node */
            doc = xmlNewDoc(version);
            Assert(doc->encoding == NULL);
            doc->encoding = xmlStrdup((const xmlChar *) "UTF-8");
            doc->standalone = standalone;
 
+           root = xmlNewNode(NULL, (const xmlChar *) "content-root");
+           if (root == NULL || xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
+               xml_ereport(xmlerrcxt, ERROR, ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+                           "could not allocate xml node");
+           /* This attaches root to doc, so we need not free it separately. */
+           xmlDocSetRootElement(doc, root);
+
            /* allow empty content */
            if (*(utf8string + count))
            {
-               res_code = xmlParseBalancedChunkMemory(doc, NULL, NULL, 0,
-                                                      utf8string + count, NULL);
-               if (res_code != 0 || xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
+               xmlNodePtr  node_list = NULL;
+               xmlParserErrors res;
+
+               res = xmlParseInNodeContext(root,
+                                           (char *) utf8string + count,
+                                           strlen((char *) utf8string + count),
+                                           options,
+                                           &node_list);
+
+               xmlFreeNodeList(node_list);
+
+               if (res != XML_ERR_OK || xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
                    xml_ereport(xmlerrcxt, ERROR, ERRCODE_INVALID_XML_CONTENT,
                                "invalid XML content");
            }
    }
    PG_END_TRY();
 
-   xmlFreeParserCtxt(ctxt);
+   if (ctxt != NULL)
+       xmlFreeParserCtxt(ctxt);
 
    pg_xml_done(xmlerrcxt, false);
 
    switch (domain)
    {
        case XML_FROM_PARSER:
+
+           /*
+            * XML_ERR_NOT_WELL_BALANCED is typically reported after some
+            * other, more on-point error.  Furthermore, libxml2 2.13 reports
+            * it under a completely different set of rules than prior
+            * versions.  To avoid cross-version behavioral differences,
+            * suppress it so long as we already logged some error.
+            */
+           if (error->code == XML_ERR_NOT_WELL_BALANCED &&
+               xmlerrcxt->err_occurred)
+               return;
+           /* fall through */
+
        case XML_FROM_NONE:
        case XML_FROM_MEMORY:
        case XML_FROM_IO:
 
 DETAIL:  line 1: xmlParseEntityRef: no name
 <invalidentity>&</invalidentity>
                 ^
-line 1: chunk is not well balanced
-<invalidentity>&</invalidentity>
-                                ^
 SELECT xmlparse(content '<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</undefinedentity>');
 ERROR:  invalid XML content
 DETAIL:  line 1: Entity 'idontexist' not defined
 <undefinedentity>&idontexist;</undefinedentity>
                              ^
-line 1: chunk is not well balanced
-<undefinedentity>&idontexist;</undefinedentity>
-                                               ^
 SELECT xmlparse(content '<invalidns xmlns=''<''/>');
          xmlparse          
 ---------------------------
 <twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>
                        ^
 line 1: Opening and ending tag mismatch: twoerrors line 1 and unbalanced
-<twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>
-                                    ^
-line 1: chunk is not well balanced
 <twoerrors>&idontexist;</unbalanced>
                                     ^
 SELECT xmlparse(content '<nosuchprefix:tag/>');