diff --git a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
index b80af275da5..265f2efd622 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include "commands/event_trigger.h"
 #include "commands/subscriptioncmds.h"
 
+#include "executor/executor.h"
+
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 
 #include "replication/logicallauncher.h"
@@ -417,6 +419,10 @@ CreateSubscription(CreateSubscriptionStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 
 				relid = RangeVarGetRelid(rv, AccessShareLock, false);
 
+				/* Check for supported relkind. */
+				CheckSubscriptionRelkind(get_rel_relkind(relid),
+										 rv->schemaname, rv->relname);
+
 				SetSubscriptionRelState(subid, relid, table_state,
 										InvalidXLogRecPtr);
 			}
@@ -529,6 +535,11 @@ AlterSubscription_refresh(Subscription *sub, bool copy_data)
 		Oid			relid;
 
 		relid = RangeVarGetRelid(rv, AccessShareLock, false);
+
+		/* Check for supported relkind. */
+		CheckSubscriptionRelkind(get_rel_relkind(relid),
+								 rv->schemaname, rv->relname);
+
 		pubrel_local_oids[off++] = relid;
 
 		if (!bsearch(&relid, subrel_local_oids,
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c b/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c
index 327a0bad388..6af8018b711 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execReplication.c
@@ -551,3 +551,23 @@ CheckCmdReplicaIdentity(Relation rel, CmdType cmd)
 						RelationGetRelationName(rel)),
 				 errhint("To enable deleting from the table, set REPLICA IDENTITY using ALTER TABLE.")));
 }
+
+
+/*
+ * Check if we support writing into specific relkind.
+ *
+ * The nspname and relname are only needed for error reporting.
+ */
+void
+CheckSubscriptionRelkind(char relkind, const char *nspname,
+						 const char *relname)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We currently only support writing to regular tables.
+	 */
+	if (relkind != RELKIND_RELATION)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
+				 errmsg("logical replication target relation \"%s.%s\" is not a table",
+						nspname, relname)));
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c
index 7c93bfb80a0..590355a846e 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/relation.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "access/sysattr.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_subscription_rel.h"
+#include "executor/executor.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "replication/worker_internal.h"
@@ -258,15 +259,9 @@ logicalrep_rel_open(LogicalRepRelId remoteid, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 							remoterel->nspname, remoterel->relname)));
 		entry->localrel = heap_open(relid, NoLock);
 
-		/*
-		 * We currently only support writing to regular and partitioned
-		 * tables.
-		 */
-		if (entry->localrel->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_RELATION)
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
-					 errmsg("logical replication target relation \"%s.%s\" is not a table",
-							remoterel->nspname, remoterel->relname)));
+		/* Check for supported relkind. */
+		CheckSubscriptionRelkind(entry->localrel->rd_rel->relkind,
+								 remoterel->nspname, remoterel->relname);
 
 		/*
 		 * Build the mapping of local attribute numbers to remote attribute
diff --git a/src/include/executor/executor.h b/src/include/executor/executor.h
index 4f19579ee0b..ab61d35a863 100644
--- a/src/include/executor/executor.h
+++ b/src/include/executor/executor.h
@@ -535,5 +535,7 @@ extern void ExecSimpleRelationDelete(EState *estate, EPQState *epqstate,
 						 TupleTableSlot *searchslot);
 extern void CheckCmdReplicaIdentity(Relation rel, CmdType cmd);
 
+extern void CheckSubscriptionRelkind(char relkind, const char *nspname,
+									 const char *relname);
 
 #endif   /* EXECUTOR_H  */