diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/foreign_key_relationship.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/foreign_key_relationship.c
index 0ad50815d..84ff21f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/foreign_key_relationship.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/foreign_key_relationship.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ ShouldUndistributeCitusLocalTable(Oid relationId)
 
 	List *fkeyConnectedRelations = GetForeignKeyConnectedRelationIdList(relationId);
 
-	return RelationIdListHasReferenceTable(fkeyConnectedRelations);
+	return !RelationIdListHasReferenceTable(fkeyConnectedRelations);
 }