diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
index ee9636f65..2cca36539 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ PreprocessDropTableStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString)
 
 		Oid relationId = RangeVarGetRelid(tableRangeVar, AccessShareLock, missingOK);
 
-		/* we're not interested in non-valid, non-distributed relations */
-		if (relationId == InvalidOid || !IsCitusTable(relationId))
+		/* we're not interested in non-valid relations */
+		if (relationId == InvalidOid)
 		{
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ PreprocessDropTableStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString)
 			MarkInvalidateForeignKeyGraph();
 		}
 
+		/* we're not interested in non-distributed relations */
+		if (!IsCitusTable(relationId))
+		{
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* we're only interested in partitioned and mx tables */
 		if (!ShouldSyncTableMetadata(relationId) || !PartitionedTable(relationId))
 		{