diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
index edd465f6e..ef51f5748 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ ConvertRteToSubqueryWithEmptyResult(RangeTblEntry *rte)
 static bool
 ShouldLazyDeparseQuery(Task *task)
 {
-	return task->deferredPruning;
+	return task->deferredPruning || task->anchorShardId == INVALID_SHARD_ID;
 }