diff --git a/src/backend/executor/spi.c b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
index 7ccabdb44b2..38de18006de 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/spi.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/spi.c
@@ -2226,8 +2226,12 @@ _SPI_execute_plan(SPIPlanPtr plan, ParamListInfo paramLI,
 							pg_strtouint64(completionTag + 7, NULL, 10);
 					else
 					{
-						/* Must be an IF NOT EXISTS that did nothing */
-						Assert(ctastmt->if_not_exists);
+						/*
+						 * Must be an IF NOT EXISTS that did nothing, or a
+						 * CREATE ... WITH NO DATA.
+						 */
+						Assert(ctastmt->if_not_exists ||
+							   ctastmt->into->skipData);
 						_SPI_current->processed = 0;
 					}
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/matview.out b/src/test/regress/expected/matview.out
index 102bf1f155d..e7d0ad1d86d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/matview.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/matview.out
@@ -557,3 +557,28 @@ REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW mvtest_mv_foo;
 REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY mvtest_mv_foo;
 DROP OWNED BY regress_user_mvtest CASCADE;
 DROP ROLE regress_user_mvtest;
+-- make sure that create WITH NO DATA works via SPI
+BEGIN;
+CREATE FUNCTION mvtest_func()
+  RETURNS void AS $$
+BEGIN
+  CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mvtest1 AS SELECT 1 AS x;
+  CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mvtest2 AS SELECT 1 AS x WITH NO DATA;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+SELECT mvtest_func();
+ mvtest_func 
+-------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM mvtest1;
+ x 
+---
+ 1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM mvtest2;
+ERROR:  materialized view "mvtest2" has not been populated
+HINT:  Use the REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW command.
+ROLLBACK;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/matview.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/matview.sql
index a108b6943dc..5f3269def8a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/matview.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/matview.sql
@@ -226,3 +226,17 @@ REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW mvtest_mv_foo;
 REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY mvtest_mv_foo;
 DROP OWNED BY regress_user_mvtest CASCADE;
 DROP ROLE regress_user_mvtest;
+
+-- make sure that create WITH NO DATA works via SPI
+BEGIN;
+CREATE FUNCTION mvtest_func()
+  RETURNS void AS $$
+BEGIN
+  CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mvtest1 AS SELECT 1 AS x;
+  CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mvtest2 AS SELECT 1 AS x WITH NO DATA;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+SELECT mvtest_func();
+SELECT * FROM mvtest1;
+SELECT * FROM mvtest2;
+ROLLBACK;