diff --git a/psycopg/cursor_type.c b/psycopg/cursor_type.c
index 0a785c05..e205ba2a 100644
--- a/psycopg/cursor_type.c
+++ b/psycopg/cursor_type.c
@@ -1015,35 +1015,6 @@ exit:
 #define psyco_curs_callproc_doc \
 "callproc(procname, parameters=None) -- Execute stored procedure."
 
-/* Call PQescapeIdentifier.
- *
- * In case of error set a Python exception.
- *
- * TODO: this function can become more generic and go into utils
- */
-static char *
-_escape_identifier(PGconn *pgconn, const char *str, size_t length)
-{
-    char *rv = NULL;
-
-#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 90000
-    rv = PQescapeIdentifier(pgconn, str, length);
-    if (!rv) {
-        char *msg;
-        msg = PQerrorMessage(pgconn);
-        if (!msg || !msg[0]) {
-            msg = "no message provided";
-        }
-        PyErr_Format(InterfaceError, "failed to escape identifier: %s", msg);
-    }
-#else
-    PyErr_Format(PyExc_NotImplementedError,
-        "named parameters require psycopg2 compiled against libpq 9.0+");
-#endif
-
-    return rv;
-}
-
 static PyObject *
 psyco_curs_callproc(cursorObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
@@ -1107,7 +1078,7 @@ psyco_curs_callproc(cursorObject *self, PyObject *args)
             if (!(pname = psycopg_ensure_bytes(pname))) { goto exit; }
             if (!(cpname = Bytes_AsString(pname))) { goto exit; }
 
-            if (!(scpnames[i] = _escape_identifier(
+            if (!(scpnames[i] = psycopg_escape_identifier(
                     self->conn->pgconn, cpname, strlen(cpname)))) {
                 goto exit;
             }
@@ -1158,10 +1129,14 @@ psyco_curs_callproc(cursorObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
     if (0 <= _psyco_curs_execute(
             self, operation, pvals, self->conn->async, 0)) {
-
-        /* return None from this until it's DBAPI compliant... */
-        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-        res = Py_None;
+        /* The dict case is outside DBAPI scope anyway, so simply return None */
+        if (using_dict) {
+            Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+            res = Py_None;
+        }
+        else {
+            res = pvals;
+        }
     }
 
 exit:
diff --git a/psycopg/psycopg.h b/psycopg/psycopg.h
index eb406fd2..1a16e8af 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopg.h
+++ b/psycopg/psycopg.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ RAISES HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_set_error(PyObject *exc, cursorObject *curs, const
 HIDDEN char *psycopg_escape_string(connectionObject *conn,
               const char *from, Py_ssize_t len, char *to, Py_ssize_t *tolen);
 HIDDEN char *psycopg_escape_identifier_easy(const char *from, Py_ssize_t len);
+HIDDEN char *psycopg_escape_identifier(PGconn *pgconn, const char *str, size_t length);
 HIDDEN int psycopg_strdup(char **to, const char *from, Py_ssize_t len);
 HIDDEN int psycopg_is_text_file(PyObject *f);
 
diff --git a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
index cf70a4ad..0ecfcc9c 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
+++ b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 HIDDEN PyObject *pyDateTimeModuleP = NULL;
 
 HIDDEN PyObject *psycoEncodings = NULL;
-
 #ifdef PSYCOPG_DEBUG
 HIDDEN int psycopg_debug_enabled = 0;
 #endif
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ exit:
 static PyObject *
 psyco_quote_ident(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
-#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 90000
     PyObject *ident = NULL, *obj = NULL, *result = NULL;
     connectionObject *conn;
     const char *str;
@@ -203,9 +201,8 @@ psyco_quote_ident(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 
     str = Bytes_AS_STRING(ident);
 
-    quoted = PQescapeIdentifier(conn->pgconn, str, strlen(str));
+    quoted = psycopg_escape_identifier(conn->pgconn, str, strlen(str));
     if (!quoted) {
-        PyErr_NoMemory();
         goto exit;
     }
     result = conn_text_from_chars(conn, quoted);
@@ -215,10 +212,6 @@ exit:
     Py_XDECREF(ident);
 
     return result;
-#else
-    PyErr_SetString(NotSupportedError, "PQescapeIdentifier not available in libpq < 9.0");
-    return NULL;
-#endif
 }
 
 /** type registration **/
diff --git a/psycopg/utils.c b/psycopg/utils.c
index ec8e47c8..e224a0d5 100644
--- a/psycopg/utils.c
+++ b/psycopg/utils.c
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ psycopg_escape_string(connectionObject *conn, const char *from, Py_ssize_t len,
  * The returned string doesn't include quotes.
  *
  * WARNING: this function is not so safe to allow untrusted input: it does no
- * check for multibyte chars. Such a function should be built on
- * PQescapeIdentifier, which is only available from PostgreSQL 9.0.
+ * check for multibyte chars. Functions otherwise reliant on PostgreSQL 9.0
+ * and above should use the below function psycopg_escape_identifier instead.
  */
 char *
 psycopg_escape_identifier_easy(const char *from, Py_ssize_t len)
@@ -124,6 +124,35 @@ psycopg_escape_identifier_easy(const char *from, Py_ssize_t len)
     return rv;
 }
 
+
+/* Call PostgreSQL 9.0+ function PQescapeIdentifier.
+ *
+ * In case of error set a Python exception.
+ */
+char *
+psycopg_escape_identifier(PGconn *pgconn, const char *str, size_t length)
+{
+    char *rv = NULL;
+
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 90000
+    rv = PQescapeIdentifier(pgconn, str, length);
+    if (!rv) {
+        char *msg;
+        msg = PQerrorMessage(pgconn);
+        if (!msg || !msg[0]) {
+            msg = "no message provided";
+        }
+        PyErr_Format(InterfaceError, "failed to escape identifier: %s", msg);
+    }
+#else
+    PyErr_Format(PyExc_NotImplementedError,
+        "PQescapeIdentifier requires psycopg2 compiled against libpq 9.0+");
+#endif
+
+    return rv;
+}
+
+
 /* Duplicate a string.
  *
  * Allocate a new buffer on the Python heap containing the new string.