diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/partition.c b/src/backend/catalog/partition.c
index fca874752f..f9daf8052d 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/partition.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/partition.c
@@ -1647,6 +1647,7 @@ get_partition_for_tuple(PartitionDispatch *pd,
 		PartitionDesc partdesc = parent->partdesc;
 		TupleTableSlot *myslot = parent->tupslot;
 		TupleConversionMap *map = parent->tupmap;
+		ExprContext *econtext = GetPerTupleExprContext(estate);

 		/* Quick exit */
 		if (partdesc->nparts == 0)
@@ -1667,6 +1668,7 @@ get_partition_for_tuple(PartitionDispatch *pd,
 		}

 		/* Extract partition key from tuple */
+		econtext->ecxt_scantuple = slot;
 		FormPartitionKeyDatum(parent, slot, estate, values, isnull);

 		if (key->strategy == PARTITION_STRATEGY_RANGE)
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
index bca34a509c..1d699c1dab 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execMain.c
@@ -3107,9 +3107,7 @@ ExecFindPartition(ResultRelInfo *resultRelInfo, PartitionDispatch *pd,
 {
 	int		result;
 	Oid		failed_at;
-	ExprContext *econtext = GetPerTupleExprContext(estate);

-	econtext->ecxt_scantuple = slot;
 	result = get_partition_for_tuple(pd, slot, estate, &failed_at);
 	if (result < 0)
 	{