diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_18.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_18.c
index 7d1e05c1c..207ce83e8 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_18.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/ruleutils_18.c
@@ -795,6 +795,11 @@ set_rtable_names(deparse_namespace *dpns, List *parent_namespaces,
 			/* Unnamed join has no refname */
 			refname = NULL;
 		}
+		else if (rte->rtekind == RTE_GROUP)
+		{
+			/* Use the name of the group */
+			refname = NULL;
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			/* Otherwise use whatever the parser assigned */