diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/introspection.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/introspection.py
index 412014bf44..ad8d1db999 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/introspection.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/introspection.py
@@ -25,23 +25,25 @@ class PostGISIntrospection(DatabaseIntrospection):
         identification integers for the PostGIS geometry and/or
         geography types (if supported).
         """
-        cursor = self.connection.cursor()
+        field_types = [('geometry', 'GeometryField')]
+        if self.connection.ops.geography:
+            # The value for the geography type is actually a tuple
+            # to pass in the `geography=True` keyword to the field
+            # definition.
+            field_types.append(('geography', ('GeometryField', {'geography' : True})))
+        postgis_types = {}
+
         # The OID integers associated with the geometry type may
         # be different across versions; hence, this is why we have
         # to query the PostgreSQL pg_type table corresponding to the
         # PostGIS custom data types.
         oid_sql = 'SELECT "oid" FROM "pg_type" WHERE "typname" = %s'
+        cursor = self.connection.cursor()
         try:
-            cursor.execute(oid_sql, ('geometry',))
-            GEOM_TYPE = cursor.fetchone()[0]
-            postgis_types = {GEOM_TYPE: 'GeometryField'}
-            if self.connection.ops.geography:
-                cursor.execute(oid_sql, ('geography',))
-                GEOG_TYPE = cursor.fetchone()[0]
-                # The value for the geography type is actually a tuple
-                # to pass in the `geography=True` keyword to the field
-                # definition.
-                postgis_types[GEOG_TYPE] = ('GeometryField', {'geography': True})
+            for field_type in field_types:
+                cursor.execute(oid_sql, (field_type[0],))
+                for result in cursor.fetchall():
+                    postgis_types[result[0]] = field_type[1]
         finally:
             cursor.close()