diff --git a/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c b/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c
index 9977a66a8..e6cf2c0e3 100644
--- a/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c
+++ b/src/backend/columnar/columnar_tableam.c
@@ -1348,24 +1348,24 @@ ColumnarProcessUtility(PlannedStmt *pstmt,
 	{
 		IndexStmt *indexStmt = (IndexStmt *) parsetree;
 
-		/*
-		 * We should reject CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY before DefineIndex() is
-		 * called. Erroring in callbacks called from DefineIndex() will create
-		 * the index and mark it as INVALID, which will cause segfault during
-		 * inserts.
-		 */
-		if (indexStmt->concurrent)
+		Relation rel = relation_openrv(indexStmt->relation,
+									   GetCreateIndexRelationLockMode(indexStmt));
+		if (rel->rd_tableam == GetColumnarTableAmRoutine())
 		{
-			Relation rel = relation_openrv(indexStmt->relation,
-										   ShareUpdateExclusiveLock);
-			if (rel->rd_tableam == GetColumnarTableAmRoutine())
+			/*
+			 * We should reject CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY before DefineIndex() is
+			 * called. Erroring in callbacks called from DefineIndex() will create
+			 * the index and mark it as INVALID, which will cause segfault during
+			 * inserts.
+			 */
+			if (indexStmt->concurrent)
 			{
 				ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 								errmsg("indexes not supported for columnar tables")));
 			}
-
-			RelationClose(rel);
 		}
+
+		RelationClose(rel);
 	}
 
 	PrevProcessUtilityHook(pstmt, queryString, context,
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c
index 1f66e512b..ee553de1e 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/index.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ static List * GenerateIndexParameters(IndexStmt *createIndexStatement);
 static DDLJob * GenerateCreateIndexDDLJob(IndexStmt *createIndexStatement,
 										  const char *createIndexCommand);
 static Oid CreateIndexStmtGetRelationId(IndexStmt *createIndexStatement);
-static LOCKMODE GetCreateIndexRelationLockMode(IndexStmt *createIndexStatement);
 static List * CreateIndexTaskList(IndexStmt *indexStmt);
 static List * CreateReindexTaskList(Oid relationId, ReindexStmt *reindexStmt);
 static void RangeVarCallbackForDropIndex(const RangeVar *rel, Oid relOid, Oid oldRelOid,
@@ -502,7 +501,7 @@ CreateIndexStmtGetRelationId(IndexStmt *createIndexStatement)
  * GetCreateIndexRelationLockMode returns required lock mode to open the
  * relation that given CREATE INDEX command operates on.
  */
-static LOCKMODE
+LOCKMODE
 GetCreateIndexRelationLockMode(IndexStmt *createIndexStatement)
 {
 	if (createIndexStatement->concurrent)
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/commands.h b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
index 4810e5915..a5070f2ad 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/commands.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ extern char * ChooseIndexName(const char *tabname, Oid namespaceId,
 							  bool primary, bool isconstraint);
 extern char * ChooseIndexNameAddition(List *colnames);
 extern List * ChooseIndexColumnNames(List *indexElems);
+extern LOCKMODE GetCreateIndexRelationLockMode(IndexStmt *createIndexStatement);
 extern List * PreprocessReindexStmt(Node *ReindexStatement,
 									const char *ReindexCommand,
 									ProcessUtilityContext processUtilityContext);