diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c
index e1d917ca00d..6f39937941a 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/merge_planner.c
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ IsLocalTableModification(Oid targetRelationId, Query *query, uint64 shardId,
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (shardId == INVALID_SHARD_ID && ContainsOnlyLocalTables(rteProperties))
+	if (shardId == INVALID_SHARD_ID && ContainsOnlyLocalOrReferenceTables(rteProperties))
 	{
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
index afc7a767d19..08bb8047556 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
@@ -2556,13 +2556,15 @@ AllShardsColocated(List *relationShardList)
 
 
 /*
- * ContainsOnlyLocalTables returns true if there is only
- * local tables and not any distributed or reference table.
+ * ContainsOnlyLocalOrReferenceTables returns true if there are no distributed
+ * tables in the query. In other words, the query might reference only local
+ * tables and/or reference tables, but no fully distributed tables.
  */
 bool
-ContainsOnlyLocalTables(RTEListProperties *rteProperties)
+ContainsOnlyLocalOrReferenceTables(RTEListProperties *rteProperties)
 {
-	return !rteProperties->hasDistributedTable;
+    // If hasDistributedTable is false, then all tables are either local or reference.
+    return !rteProperties->hasDistributedTable;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/multi_router_planner.h b/src/include/distributed/multi_router_planner.h
index ae75ee63147..44be2736e19 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/multi_router_planner.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/multi_router_planner.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ extern bool HasDangerousJoinUsing(List *rtableList, Node *jtnode);
 extern Job * RouterJob(Query *originalQuery,
 					   PlannerRestrictionContext *plannerRestrictionContext,
 					   DeferredErrorMessage **planningError);
-extern bool ContainsOnlyLocalTables(RTEListProperties *rteProperties);
+extern bool ContainsOnlyLocalOrReferenceTables(RTEListProperties *rteProperties);
 extern RangeTblEntry * ExtractSourceResultRangeTableEntry(Query *query);
 
 #endif /* MULTI_ROUTER_PLANNER_H */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
index ae9d9ac6ccd..ad389e02c44 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test: multi_dropped_column_aliases foreign_key_restriction_enforcement
 test: binary_protocol
 test: alter_table_set_access_method
 test: alter_distributed_table
-test: issue_5248 issue_5099 issue_5763 issue_6543 issue_6758 issue_7477 issue_7705
+test: issue_5248 issue_5099 issue_5763 issue_6543 issue_6758 issue_7477 issue_7705 issue_7891
 test: object_propagation_debug
 test: undistribute_table
 test: run_command_on_all_nodes