diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c
index bad6218c1..f0cbfc522 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/resource_lock.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ AcquireDistributedLockOnRelations_Internal(List *relationIdList, LOCKMODE lockMo
 							LOCK_RELATION_IF_EXISTS;
 		appendStringInfo(lockRelationCommand, lockCommand,
 						 quote_literal_cstr(qualifiedRelationName),
-						 lockModeCString);
+						 quote_literal_cstr(lockModeCString));
 
 		/* preemptive permission check so a worker connection is not */
 		/* established if the user is not allowed to acquire the lock */
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h b/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h
index 5bf2d1329..ee70d6a3c 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/resource_lock.h
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ typedef enum CitusOperations
 #define DIST_LOCK_NOWAIT 1 << 2
 
 #define LOCK_RELATION_IF_EXISTS \
-	"SELECT pg_catalog.lock_relation_if_exists(%s, quote_literal_cstr(%s));"
+	"SELECT pg_catalog.lock_relation_if_exists(%s, %s);"
 #define LOCK_RELATION_IF_EXISTS_NOWAIT \
-	"SELECT pg_catalog.lock_relation_if_exists(%s, quote_literal_cstr(%s), nowait => true);"
+	"SELECT pg_catalog.lock_relation_if_exists(%s, %s, nowait => true);"
 
 /* Lock shard/relation metadata for safe modifications */
 extern void LockShardDistributionMetadata(int64 shardId, LOCKMODE lockMode);