diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
index 4187ddff0..0df140175 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
@@ -1098,13 +1098,12 @@ PreprocessAlterTableSchemaStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
 
 
 /*
- * WorkerProcessAlterTableStmt checks and processes the alter table statement to be
- * worked on the distributed table of the worker node. Currently, it only processes
+ * SkipForeignKeyValidationIfConstraintIsFkey checks and processes the alter table
+ * statement to be worked on the distributed table. Currently, it only processes
  * ALTER TABLE ... ADD FOREIGN KEY command to skip the validation step.
  */
 Node *
-WorkerProcessAlterTableStmt(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement,
-							const char *alterTableCommand)
+SkipForeignKeyValidationIfConstraintIsFkey(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement)
 {
 	/* first check whether a distributed relation is affected */
 	if (alterTableStatement->relation == NULL)
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c
index 2290a31f4..84143ad14 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/utility_hook.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ multi_ProcessUtility(PlannedStmt *pstmt,
 				 * Note validation is done on the shard level when DDL propagation
 				 * is enabled. The following eagerly executes some tasks on workers.
 				 */
-				parsetree = WorkerProcessAlterTableStmt(alterTableStmt, queryString);
+				parsetree = SkipForeignKeyValidationIfConstraintIsFkey(alterTableStmt);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/commands.h b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
index 04f4eef97..50e7c1289 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/commands.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
@@ -368,8 +368,7 @@ extern List * PreprocessAlterTableMoveAllStmt(Node *node, const char *queryStrin
 											  ProcessUtilityContext processUtilityContext);
 extern List * PreprocessAlterTableSchemaStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
 											 ProcessUtilityContext processUtilityContext);
-extern Node * WorkerProcessAlterTableStmt(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement,
-										  const char *alterTableCommand);
+extern Node * SkipForeignKeyValidationIfConstraintIsFkey(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStmt);
 extern bool IsAlterTableRenameStmt(RenameStmt *renameStmt);
 extern void ErrorIfAlterDropsPartitionColumn(AlterTableStmt *alterTableStatement);
 extern void PostprocessAlterTableStmt(AlterTableStmt *pStmt);