diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
index af04b051601cf86a58b24a09844c1eb4093fdef4..043baf3c7903577661af3d9107cce621dfcea9cc 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c
@@ -2564,14 +2564,19 @@ set_deparse_for_query(deparse_namespace *dpns, Query *query,
 		dpns->rtable_columns = lappend(dpns->rtable_columns,
 									   palloc0(sizeof(deparse_columns)));
 
-	/* Detect whether global uniqueness of USING names is needed */
-	dpns->unique_using = has_unnamed_full_join_using((Node *) query->jointree);
+	/* If it's a utility query, it won't have a jointree */
+	if (query->jointree)
+	{
+		/* Detect whether global uniqueness of USING names is needed */
+		dpns->unique_using =
+			has_unnamed_full_join_using((Node *) query->jointree);
 
-	/*
-	 * Select names for columns merged by USING, via a recursive pass over the
-	 * query jointree.
-	 */
-	set_using_names(dpns, (Node *) query->jointree);
+		/*
+		 * Select names for columns merged by USING, via a recursive pass over
+		 * the query jointree.
+		 */
+		set_using_names(dpns, (Node *) query->jointree);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Now assign remaining column aliases for each RTE.  We do this in a
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index dc3c8a83812f80c96410060d507e2b0f664d84df..57ae8427ecd577b5d2f2da6ffe279decce3fec30 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -2573,6 +2573,7 @@ select * from rules_log;
  11 |  13 | new
 (12 rows)
 
+create rule r3 as on delete to rules_src do notify rules_src_deletion;
 \d+ rules_src
                       Table "public.rules_src"
  Column |  Type   | Modifiers | Storage | Stats target | Description 
@@ -2584,6 +2585,9 @@ Rules:
     ON UPDATE TO rules_src DO  INSERT INTO rules_log (f1, f2, tag) VALUES (old.f1,old.f2,'old'::text), (new.f1,new.f2,'new'::text)
     r2 AS
     ON UPDATE TO rules_src DO  VALUES (old.f1,old.f2,'old'::text), (new.f1,new.f2,'new'::text)
+    r3 AS
+    ON DELETE TO rules_src DO 
+ NOTIFY rules_src_deletion
 Has OIDs: no
 
 --
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/rules.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/rules.sql
index 4f49a0deca431a2caecaee8c43d237db949c9153..d5a357108752b1e39b8963e543041c6eea7c9c3d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/rules.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/rules.sql
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ create rule r2 as on update to rules_src do also
 update rules_src set f2 = f2 / 10;
 select * from rules_src;
 select * from rules_log;
+create rule r3 as on delete to rules_src do notify rules_src_deletion;
 \d+ rules_src
 
 --