diff --git a/src/common/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.cpp b/src/common/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.cpp
index 3fc27627a..f00a28ce6 100644
--- a/src/common/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.cpp
+++ b/src/common/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.cpp
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ Oid *namespaceid, bool isFirstNode)
 #else
     if (!IsA(stmt, CreateForeignTableStmt) && !stmt->distributeby && !stmt->inhRelations && cxt.fallback_dist_col) {
 #endif
-        stmt->distributeby = (DistributeBy*)palloc0(sizeof(DistributeBy));
+        stmt->distributeby = makeNode(DistributeBy);
         stmt->distributeby->disttype = DISTTYPE_HASH;
         stmt->distributeby->colname = cxt.fallback_dist_col;
     }