diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
index dbbc2f1e30d..71632512380 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
@@ -161,6 +161,34 @@ makeWholeRowVar(RangeTblEntry *rte,
 							 varlevelsup);
 			break;
 
+		case RTE_SUBQUERY:
+
+			/*
+			 * For a standard subquery, the Var should be of RECORD type.
+			 * However, if we're looking at a subquery that was expanded from
+			 * a view or SRF (only possible during planning), we must use the
+			 * appropriate rowtype, so that the resulting Var has the same
+			 * type that we would have produced from the original RTE.
+			 */
+			if (OidIsValid(rte->relid))
+			{
+				toid = get_rel_type_id(rte->relid);
+				if (!OidIsValid(toid))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
+							 errmsg("relation \"%s\" does not have a composite type",
+									get_rel_name(rte->relid))));
+			}
+			else
+				toid = RECORDOID;
+			result = makeVar(varno,
+							 InvalidAttrNumber,
+							 toid,
+							 -1,
+							 InvalidOid,
+							 varlevelsup);
+			break;
+
 		case RTE_FUNCTION:
 
 			/*
@@ -217,8 +245,8 @@ makeWholeRowVar(RangeTblEntry *rte,
 		default:
 
 			/*
-			 * RTE is a join, subselect, tablefunc, or VALUES.  We represent
-			 * this as a whole-row Var of RECORD type. (Note that in most
+			 * RTE is a join, tablefunc, VALUES, CTE, etc.  We represent these
+			 * cases as a whole-row Var of RECORD type.  (Note that in most
 			 * cases the Var will be expanded to a RowExpr during planning,
 			 * but that is not our concern here.)
 			 */
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c
index bcc40dd5a84..477ff3fa76d 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
 #include "rewrite/rewriteHandler.h"
 #include "rewrite/rewriteManip.h"
+#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
 
 
@@ -911,9 +912,28 @@ preprocess_function_rtes(PlannerInfo *root)
 			if (funcquery)
 			{
 				/* Successful expansion, convert the RTE to a subquery */
+				Node	   *fexpr;
+				Oid			toid;
+
 				rte->rtekind = RTE_SUBQUERY;
 				rte->subquery = funcquery;
 				rte->security_barrier = false;
+
+				/*
+				 * If the SRF returned a named composite type (not RECORD), we
+				 * must also set rte->relid so that makeWholeRowVar can still
+				 * produce the same output for the RTE as it did before.  This
+				 * code relies on the fact that inline_set_returning_function
+				 * won't have succeeded unless there is exactly one entry in
+				 * rte->functions.  Also, this would likely be the wrong thing
+				 * for domain-over-composite, but functions returning those
+				 * won't get inlined either.
+				 */
+				fexpr = ((RangeTblFunction *) linitial(rte->functions))->funcexpr;
+				toid = get_typ_typrelid(exprType(fexpr));
+				if (OidIsValid(toid))
+					rte->relid = toid;
+
 				/* Clear fields that should not be set in a subquery RTE */
 				rte->functions = NIL;
 				rte->funcordinality = false;
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index 23c9e3c5abf..ef8e4eab9e0 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -1086,7 +1086,10 @@ typedef struct RangeTblEntry
 	 * containing the view's query.  We still need to perform run-time locking
 	 * and permission checks on the view, even though it's not directly used
 	 * in the query anymore, and the most expedient way to do that is to
-	 * retain these fields from the old state of the RTE.
+	 * retain these fields from the old state of the RTE.  relid (but not the
+	 * other fields) is also set when converting an RTE_FUNCTION RTE to an
+	 * RTE_SUBQUERY by inlining a set-returning function that returns a named
+	 * composite type.
 	 *
 	 * As a special case, RTE_NAMEDTUPLESTORE can also set relid to indicate
 	 * that the tuple format of the tuplestore is the same as the referenced
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out b/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out
index d1394c67833..9659cae9ce7 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out
@@ -286,6 +286,42 @@ SELECT * FROM voo;
  16 | zoo2
 (2 rows)
 
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an un-flattenable view
+CREATE TEMP VIEW foo_v AS SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_v.f2 FROM foo_v WHERE foo_v.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_v;
+      foo_v      
+-----------------
+ (2,more,42,141)
+ (16,zoo2,57,99)
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+ f1 |  f2  | f3 | f4  
+----+------+----+-----
+  2 | more | 42 | 141
+ 16 | zoo2 | 57 |  99
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an inlined set-returning function
+CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo AS
+  $$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_f;
+      foo_f      
+-----------------
+ (2,more,42,141)
+ (16,zoo2,57,99)
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+ f1 |  f2  | f3 | f4  
+----+------+----+-----
+  2 | more | 42 | 141
+ 16 | zoo2 | 57 |  99
+(2 rows)
+
+DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
 -- Try a join case
 CREATE TEMP TABLE joinme (f2j text, other int);
 INSERT INTO joinme VALUES('more', 12345);
@@ -726,8 +762,9 @@ NOTICE:  UPDATE: (3,zoo2,58,99,54321) -> (3,zoo2,59,7,54321)
 
 -- Test wholerow & dropped column handling
 ALTER TABLE foo DROP COLUMN f3 CASCADE;
-NOTICE:  drop cascades to 3 other objects
+NOTICE:  drop cascades to 4 other objects
 DETAIL:  drop cascades to rule voo_i on view voo
+drop cascades to view foo_v
 drop cascades to view joinview
 drop cascades to rule foo_del_rule on table foo
 UPDATE foo SET f4 = f4 + 1 RETURNING old.f3;  -- should fail
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql
index 54caf56244c..9aea7fb609f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql
@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ DELETE FROM foo WHERE f2 = 'zit' RETURNING *;
 SELECT * FROM foo;
 SELECT * FROM voo;
 
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an un-flattenable view
+CREATE TEMP VIEW foo_v AS SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_v.f2 FROM foo_v WHERE foo_v.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_v;
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an inlined set-returning function
+CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo AS
+  $$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_f;
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
+
 -- Try a join case
 
 CREATE TEMP TABLE joinme (f2j text, other int);
