diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c
index 9eb873eb9..20519b9d6 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ ProcessUtilityInternal(PlannedStmt *pstmt,
 	{
 		LockStmt *stmt = (LockStmt *) parsetree;
 
-		ereport(NOTICE, errmsg("Processing LOCK command."));
+		bool isTopLevel = context == PROCESS_UTILITY_TOPLEVEL;
+		ErrorIfUnsupportedLockStmt(stmt, isTopLevel);
 
-		ErrorIfUnsupportedLockStmt(stmt);
 		uint32 nowaitFlag = stmt->nowait ? DIST_LOCK_NOWAIT : 0;
 		AcquireDistributedLockOnRelations(stmt->relations, stmt->mode,
 										  DIST_LOCK_VIEWS_RECUR | nowaitFlag);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c
index a3a118993..f973d7826 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c
@@ -1253,9 +1253,9 @@ AcquireDistributedLockOnRelations(List *relationList, LOCKMODE lockMode, uint32
  * - Locking shard, but citus.enable_manual_changes_to_shards is false
  */
 void
-ErrorIfUnsupportedLockStmt(LockStmt *stmt)
+ErrorIfUnsupportedLockStmt(LockStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 {
-	RequireTransactionBlock(true, "LOCK TABLE");
+	RequireTransactionBlock(isTopLevel, "LOCK TABLE");
 
 	RangeVar *rangeVar = NULL;
 	foreach_ptr(rangeVar, stmt->relations)
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h b/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h
index 2deb53318..7a9509564 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h
@@ -163,5 +163,5 @@ extern LOCKMODE LockModeCStringToLockMode(const char *lockModeName);
 extern const char * LockModeToLockModeCString(LOCKMODE lockMode);
 extern void AcquireDistributedLockOnRelations(List *relationList, LOCKMODE lockMode,
 											  uint32 configs);
-extern void ErrorIfUnsupportedLockStmt(LockStmt *stmt);
+extern void ErrorIfUnsupportedLockStmt(LockStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel);
 #endif /* RESOURCE_LOCK_H */