diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index 2034c2e6f..aa6294ca2 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ SchemaOwnerName(Oid objectId)
 static bool
 HasMetadataWorkers(void)
 {
-	List *workerNodeList = ActivePrimaryNonCoordinatorNodeList(NoLock);
+	List *workerNodeList = ActiveReadableNonCoordinatorNodeList();
 
 	WorkerNode *workerNode = NULL;
 	foreach_ptr(workerNode, workerNodeList)