diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
index 467756c0b..4311b53b6 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ ConvertPostgresLocalTablesToCitusLocalTables(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement
 			 */
 			continue;
 		}
-		else if (IsCitusTable(relationId))
+		else if (IsCitusTableType(relationId, CITUS_LOCAL_TABLE))
 		{
 			CitusTableCacheEntry *entry = GetCitusTableCacheEntry(relationId);
 			if (!entry->autoConverted || autoConverted)
@@ -1339,6 +1339,11 @@ ConvertPostgresLocalTablesToCitusLocalTables(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
+		else if (IsCitusTable(relationId))
+		{
+			/* we can directly skip for table types other than citus local tables */
+			continue;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * The only reason behind using a try/catch block here is giving a proper