diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c
index 896163784..7f69922ec 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/insert_select_planner.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static DeferredErrorMessage * CoordinatorInsertSelectSupported(Query *insertSele
 static Query * WrapSubquery(Query *subquery);
 static void CastSelectTargetList(List *selectTargetList, Oid targetRelationId,
 								 List *insertTargetList);
+static bool CheckInsertSelectQuery(Query *query);
 
 
 /*
@@ -73,18 +74,62 @@ static void CastSelectTargetList(List *selectTargetList, Oid targetRelationId,
  *
  * Note that the input query should be the original parsetree of
  * the query (i.e., not passed trough the standard planner).
+ */
+bool
+InsertSelectIntoDistributedTable(Query *query)
+{
+	bool insertSelectQuery = CheckInsertSelectQuery(query);
+
+	if (insertSelectQuery)
+	{
+		RangeTblEntry *insertRte = ExtractInsertRangeTableEntry(query);
+		if (IsDistributedTable(insertRte->relid))
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * InsertSelectIntoLocalTable checks whether INSERT INTO ... SELECT inserts
+ * into local table. Note that query must be a sample of INSERT INTO ... SELECT
+ * type of query.
+ */
+bool
+InsertSelectIntoLocalTable(Query *query)
+{
+	bool insertSelectQuery = CheckInsertSelectQuery(query);
+
+	if (insertSelectQuery)
+	{
+		RangeTblEntry *insertRte = ExtractInsertRangeTableEntry(query);
+		if (!IsDistributedTable(insertRte->relid))
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * CheckInsertSelectQuery returns true when the input query is an INSERT INTO
+ * ... SELECT kind of query.
  *
  * This function is inspired from getInsertSelectQuery() on
  * rewrite/rewriteManip.c.
  */
-bool
-InsertSelectIntoDistributedTable(Query *query)
+static bool
+CheckInsertSelectQuery(Query *query)
 {
 	CmdType commandType = query->commandType;
 	List *fromList = NULL;
 	RangeTblRef *rangeTableReference = NULL;
 	RangeTblEntry *subqueryRte = NULL;
-	RangeTblEntry *insertRte = NULL;
 
 	if (commandType != CMD_INSERT)
 	{
@@ -117,12 +162,6 @@ InsertSelectIntoDistributedTable(Query *query)
 	/* ensure that there is a query */
 	Assert(IsA(subqueryRte->subquery, Query));
 
-	insertRte = ExtractInsertRangeTableEntry(query);
-	if (!IsDistributedTable(insertRte->relid))
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c
index f62c94491..b414ddc3f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_logical_planner.c
@@ -2976,6 +2976,11 @@ NeedsDistributedPlanning(Query *queryTree)
 
 	if (hasLocalRelation && hasDistributedRelation)
 	{
+		if (InsertSelectIntoLocalTable(queryTree))
+		{
+			ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("cannot INSERT rows from a distributed query into a "
+								   "local table")));
+		}
 		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("cannot plan queries which include both local and "
 							   "distributed relations")));
 	}
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/insert_select_planner.h b/src/include/distributed/insert_select_planner.h
index e89372f81..f1a1362b5 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/insert_select_planner.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/insert_select_planner.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 
 extern bool InsertSelectIntoDistributedTable(Query *query);
+extern bool InsertSelectIntoLocalTable(Query *query);
 extern Query * ReorderInsertSelectTargetLists(Query *originalQuery,
 											  RangeTblEntry *insertRte,
 											  RangeTblEntry *subqueryRte);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_insert_select_vs_all.out b/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_insert_select_vs_all.out
index 31e80fee8..3e19c6460 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_insert_select_vs_all.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/isolation_insert_select_vs_all.out
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ step s1-initialize:
 
 step s1-begin: BEGIN;
 step s1-insert-select: INSERT INTO insert_of_insert_select_hash SELECT * FROM select_of_insert_select_hash ORDER BY 1, 2 LIMIT 5;;
-ERROR:  cannot plan queries which include both local and distributed relations
+ERROR:  cannot INSERT rows from a distributed query into a local table
 step s2-distribute-table-on-inserted: SELECT create_distributed_table('insert_of_insert_select_hash', 'id');
 create_distributed_table
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.out
index d99bf6c20..a1cfaea68 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.out
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 ------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------
+-- Insert into local table
+------------------------------------
+------------------------------------
+CREATE TABLE test_table_1(id int);
+INSERT INTO test_table_1 
+SELECT user_id FROM users_table;
+ERROR:  cannot INSERT rows from a distributed query into a local table
+DROP TABLE test_table_1;
+------------------------------------
+------------------------------------
 -- Vanilla funnel query
 ------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.sql
index 3982900a8..a4fb4d06b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_insert_select_non_pushable_queries.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+------------------------------------
+------------------------------------
+-- Insert into local table
+------------------------------------
+------------------------------------
+CREATE TABLE test_table_1(id int);
+
+INSERT INTO test_table_1 
+SELECT user_id FROM users_table;
+
+DROP TABLE test_table_1;
+
 ------------------------------------
 ------------------------------------
 -- Vanilla funnel query