diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
index a10c53d68..641864893 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_router_planner.c
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ RouterModifyTaskForShardInterval(Query *originalQuery, ShardInterval *shardInter
 		List *originalBaserestrictInfo = restriction->relOptInfo->baserestrictinfo;
 		InstantiateQualContext instantiateQualWalker;
 		Var *relationPartitionKey = PartitionKey(restriction->relationId);
+		Var *relationPartitionKey = PartitionKey(restriction->relationId);
 
 		/*
 		 * We haven't added the quals if all participating tables are reference
@@ -3047,6 +3048,13 @@ InstantiatePartitionQualWalker(Node *node, void *context)
 			return node;
 		}
 
+		/* if the qual is not on the partition column, do not instantiate */
+		if (relationPartitionColumn && currentColumn &&
+			currentColumn->varattno != relationPartitionColumn->varattno)
+		{
+			return node;
+		}
+
 		/* get the integer >=, <= operators from the catalog */
 		integer4GEoperatorId = get_opfamily_member(INTEGER_BTREE_FAM_OID, INT4OID,
 												   INT4OID,