diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c
index 27df32054..4ba65fbf3 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/citus_add_local_table_to_metadata.c
@@ -1239,14 +1239,13 @@ FinalizeCitusLocalTableCreation(Oid relationId, List *dependentSequenceList)
 		CreateTruncateTrigger(relationId);
 	}
 
+	CreateShellTableOnWorkers(relationId);
+
 	ObjectAddress relationAddress = { 0 };
 	ObjectAddressSet(relationAddress, RelationRelationId, relationId);
 	if (ShouldSyncTableMetadata(relationId))
 	{
-		CreateShellTableOnWorkers(relationId);
-
 		CreateTableMetadataOnWorkers(relationId);
-
 		MarkObjectDistributed(&relationAddress);
 	}
 	else