diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/master/master_stage_protocol.c b/src/backend/distributed/master/master_stage_protocol.c
index 60f39103a..2f964d603 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/master/master_stage_protocol.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/master/master_stage_protocol.c
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ void
 CreateShardsOnWorkers(Oid distributedRelationId, List *shardPlacements,
 					  bool useExclusiveConnection, bool colocatedShard)
 {
+	DistTableCacheEntry *cacheEntry = DistributedTableCacheEntry(distributedRelationId);
 	char *placementOwner = TableOwner(distributedRelationId);
 	bool includeSequenceDefaults = false;
 	List *ddlCommandList = GetTableDDLEvents(distributedRelationId,
@@ -509,6 +510,12 @@ CreateShardsOnWorkers(Oid distributedRelationId, List *shardPlacements,
 
 	BeginOrContinueCoordinatedTransaction();
 
+	if (MultiShardCommitProtocol == COMMIT_PROTOCOL_2PC ||
+		cacheEntry->replicationModel == REPLICATION_MODEL_2PC)
+	{
+		CoordinatedTransactionUse2PC();
+	}
+
 	foreach(shardPlacementCell, shardPlacements)
 	{
 		ShardPlacement *shardPlacement = (ShardPlacement *) lfirst(shardPlacementCell);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_transaction_recovery.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_transaction_recovery.out
index a5ec64d3f..e156d3724 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_transaction_recovery.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_transaction_recovery.out
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ SELECT count(*) FROM pg_tables WHERE tablename = 'should_commit';
 SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 2;
 SET citus.shard_count TO 2;
 SET citus.multi_shard_commit_protocol TO '2pc';
+-- create_distributed_table should add 2 recovery records (1 connection per node)
 CREATE TABLE test_recovery (x text);
 SELECT create_distributed_table('test_recovery', 'x');
  create_distributed_table 
@@ -70,7 +71,40 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('test_recovery', 'x');
  
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_transaction;
+ count 
+-------
+     2
+(1 row)
+
+-- create_reference_table should add another 2 recovery records
+CREATE TABLE test_recovery_ref (x text);
+SELECT create_reference_table('test_recovery_ref');
+ create_reference_table 
+------------------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_transaction;
+ count 
+-------
+     4
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT recover_prepared_transactions();
+ recover_prepared_transactions 
+-------------------------------
+                             0
+(1 row)
+
+-- plain INSERT does not use 2PC
 INSERT INTO test_recovery VALUES ('hello');
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_transaction;
+ count 
+-------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
 -- Committed DDL commands should write 4 transaction recovery records
 BEGIN;
 ALTER TABLE test_recovery ADD COLUMN y text;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_transaction_recovery.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_transaction_recovery.sql
index b566080c9..29d97c799 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_transaction_recovery.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_transaction_recovery.sql
@@ -40,9 +40,21 @@ SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 2;
 SET citus.shard_count TO 2;
 SET citus.multi_shard_commit_protocol TO '2pc';
 
+-- create_distributed_table should add 2 recovery records (1 connection per node)
 CREATE TABLE test_recovery (x text);
 SELECT create_distributed_table('test_recovery', 'x');
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_transaction;
+
+-- create_reference_table should add another 2 recovery records
+CREATE TABLE test_recovery_ref (x text);
+SELECT create_reference_table('test_recovery_ref');
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_transaction;
+
+SELECT recover_prepared_transactions();
+
+-- plain INSERT does not use 2PC
 INSERT INTO test_recovery VALUES ('hello');
+SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_transaction;
 
 -- Committed DDL commands should write 4 transaction recovery records
 BEGIN;