diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index f5e99ce8a..33d53fbb6 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -330,10 +330,16 @@ SyncCitusTableMetadata(Oid relationId)
 void
 CreateDependentViewsOnWorkers(Oid relationId)
 {
-	SendCommandToWorkersWithMetadata(DISABLE_DDL_PROPAGATION);
-
 	List *views = GetDependingViews(relationId);
 
+	if (list_length(views) < 1)
+	{
+		/* no view to propagate */
+		return;
+	}
+
+	SendCommandToWorkersWithMetadata(DISABLE_DDL_PROPAGATION);
+
 	Oid viewOid = InvalidOid;
 	foreach_oid(viewOid, views)
 	{