diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
index dfbcae051..8619f8d86 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/adaptive_executor.c
@@ -1810,7 +1810,10 @@ ManageWorkerPool(WorkerPool *workerPool)
 	}
 
 	/* we might fail the execution or warn the user about connection timeouts */
-	CheckConnectionTimeout(workerPool);
+	if (workerPool->checkForPoolTimeout)
+	{
+		CheckConnectionTimeout(workerPool);
+	}
 
 	if (failedConnectionCount >= 1)
 	{