diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index 33d53fbb6..62f7e841c 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -343,6 +343,12 @@ CreateDependentViewsOnWorkers(Oid relationId)
 	Oid viewOid = InvalidOid;
 	foreach_oid(viewOid, views)
 	{
+		if (get_rel_relkind(viewOid) == RELKIND_MATVIEW)
+		{
+			/* do not propagate materialized views */
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (!ShouldMarkRelationDistributed(viewOid))
 		{
 			continue;