diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
index e5a8101ea..34b328a92 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/table.c
@@ -360,6 +360,13 @@ PostprocessCreateTableStmtPartitionOf(CreateStmt *createStatement, const
 	 */
 	if (IsCitusTable(parentRelationId))
 	{
+		if(IsCitusTableType(parentRelationId, CITUS_LOCAL_TABLE))
+		{
+			/* if it's a citus local table, we don't need distribution column */
+			CreateCitusLocalTable(relationId, false);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		Var *parentDistributionColumn = DistPartitionKeyOrError(parentRelationId);
 		char parentDistributionMethod = DISTRIBUTE_BY_HASH;
 		char *parentRelationName = generate_qualified_relation_name(parentRelationId);