diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
index 8430dc61d..7ee2a0e77 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
@@ -2404,7 +2404,7 @@ ManageWorkerPool(WorkerPool *workerPool)
 		if (!connection)
 		{
 			/* connection can only be NULL for optional connections */
-			Assert((connectionFlags & connectionFlags));
+			Assert((connectionFlags & OPTIONAL_CONNECTION));
 			continue;
 		}