diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c
index bb8591a8c..c63c734a4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/recursive_planning.c
@@ -917,6 +917,7 @@ ShouldRecursivelyPlanSubquery(Query *subquery, RecursivePlanningContext *context
 		 * when the local tables are on the leaf queries and the upper level queries
 		 * do not contain any other local tables.
 		 */
+		return false;
 	}
 	else if (CanPushdownSubquery(subquery, false))
 	{