diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_recovery.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_recovery.c
index 2f27b7188..a00d55bdd 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_recovery.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/transaction_recovery.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ RecoverWorkerTransactions(WorkerNode *workerNode)
 
 		bool outerXidIsNull = false;
 		Datum outerXidDatum = 0;
-		if (SearchSysCacheExistsAttName(DistTransactionRelationId(), "outer_xid"))
+		if (EnableVersionChecks || SearchSysCacheExistsAttName(DistTransactionRelationId(), "outer_xid"))
 		{
 			/* Check if the transaction is created by an outer transaction from a non-main database */
 			outerXidDatum = heap_getattr(heapTuple,