diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
index 72d1dddd1e8..afc7a767d19 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
@@ -2562,7 +2562,7 @@ AllShardsColocated(List *relationShardList)
 bool
 ContainsOnlyLocalTables(RTEListProperties *rteProperties)
 {
-	return !rteProperties->hasDistributedTable && !rteProperties->hasReferenceTable;
+	return !rteProperties->hasDistributedTable;
 }