diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/distributed_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/distributed_planner.c
index 906ae4a49..e89fd0033 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/distributed_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/distributed_planner.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ distributed_planner(Query *parse,
 		}
 	}
 
-	int rteIdCounter = 1;
+	int rteIdCounter = 0;
 
 	DistributedPlanningContext planContext = {
 		.query = parse,