diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index 38a7a2ca9ad..f630fc4ff4b 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -7470,6 +7470,10 @@ ExtractReplicaIdentity(Relation relation, HeapTuple tp, bool key_changed, bool *
 	}
 
 	idx_rel = RelationIdGetRelation(replidindex);
+
+	if (!RelationIsValid(idx_rel))
+		elog(ERROR, "could not open relation with OID %u", replidindex);
+
 	idx_desc = RelationGetDescr(idx_rel);
 
 	/* deform tuple, so we have fast access to columns */
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
index fbc2b6fe1ee..40a4c4f497c 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/reorderbuffer.c
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ ReorderBufferCommit(ReorderBuffer *rb, TransactionId xid,
 
 					relation = RelationIdGetRelation(reloid);
 
-					if (relation == NULL)
+					if (!RelationIsValid(relation))
 						elog(ERROR, "could not open relation with OID %u (for filenode \"%s\")",
 							 reloid,
 							 relpathperm(change->data.tp.relnode,
@@ -2814,6 +2814,10 @@ ReorderBufferToastReplace(ReorderBuffer *rb, ReorderBufferTXN *txn,
 	desc = RelationGetDescr(relation);
 
 	toast_rel = RelationIdGetRelation(relation->rd_rel->reltoastrelid);
+	if (!RelationIsValid(toast_rel))
+		elog(ERROR, "could not open relation with OID %u",
+			 relation->rd_rel->reltoastrelid);
+
 	toast_desc = RelationGetDescr(toast_rel);
 
 	/* should we allocate from stack instead? */