diff --git a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
index 438b077004..f715748d88 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/analyze.c
@@ -3177,6 +3177,8 @@ transformLockingClause(ParseState *pstate, Query *qry, LockingClause *lc,
 			RangeTblEntry *rte = (RangeTblEntry *) lfirst(rt);
 
 			++i;
+			if (!rte->inFromCl)
+				continue;		/* ignore OLD/NEW in rules */
 			switch (rte->rtekind)
 			{
 				case RTE_RELATION:
@@ -3227,6 +3229,8 @@ transformLockingClause(ParseState *pstate, Query *qry, LockingClause *lc,
 				RangeTblEntry *rte = (RangeTblEntry *) lfirst(rt);
 
 				++i;
+				if (!rte->inFromCl)
+					continue;	/* ignore OLD/NEW in rules */
 				if (strcmp(rte->eref->aliasname, thisrel->relname) == 0)
 				{
 					switch (rte->rtekind)