diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
index 2dd26c776..88da8b0cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_cache.c
@@ -3697,6 +3697,7 @@ ResetCitusTableCacheEntry(CitusTableCacheEntry *cacheEntry)
 	cacheEntry->hasUninitializedShardInterval = false;
 	cacheEntry->hasUniformHashDistribution = false;
 	cacheEntry->hasOverlappingShardInterval = false;
+	cacheEntry->autoConverted = false;
 
 	pfree(cacheEntry);
 }
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
index 89bc094a7..2e24171f8 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_cache.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typedef struct
 	char partitionMethod;
 	uint32 colocationId;
 	char replicationModel;
-	bool autoConverted;
+	bool autoConverted; /* table auto-added to metadata, valid for citus local tables */
 
 	/* pg_dist_shard metadata (variable-length ShardInterval array) for this table */
 	int shardIntervalArrayLength;