diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c
index 94dfee0b24e..6204e420b59 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ logicalrep_write_insert(StringInfo out, Relation rel, HeapTuple newtuple)
 {
 	pq_sendbyte(out, 'I');		/* action INSERT */
 
-	Assert(rel->rd_rel->relreplident == REPLICA_IDENTITY_DEFAULT ||
-		   rel->rd_rel->relreplident == REPLICA_IDENTITY_FULL ||
-		   rel->rd_rel->relreplident == REPLICA_IDENTITY_INDEX);
-
 	/* use Oid as relation identifier */
 	pq_sendint(out, RelationGetRelid(rel), 4);
 
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/001_rep_changes.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/001_rep_changes.pl
index a6dab7a97f2..b7c503f7795 100644
--- a/src/test/subscription/t/001_rep_changes.pl
+++ b/src/test/subscription/t/001_rep_changes.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 21;
+use Test::More tests => 22;
 
 # Initialize publisher node
 my $node_publisher = get_new_node('publisher');
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"CREATE TABLE tab_mixed (a int primary key, b text, c numeric)");
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"INSERT INTO tab_mixed (a, b, c) VALUES (1, 'foo', 1.1)");
+# Let this table with REPLICA IDENTITY NOTHING, allowing only INSERT changes.
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE TABLE tab_nothing (a int)");
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"ALTER TABLE tab_nothing REPLICA IDENTITY NOTHING");
 
 # Setup structure on subscriber
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE TABLE tab_notrep (a int)");
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE TABLE tab_full (a int)");
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE TABLE tab_full2 (x text)");
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"CREATE TABLE tab_rep (a int primary key)");
+$node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE TABLE tab_nothing (a int)");
 
 # different column count and order than on publisher
 $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', "CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub");
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"CREATE PUBLICATION tap_pub_ins_only WITH (publish = insert)");
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
-"ALTER PUBLICATION tap_pub ADD TABLE tab_rep, tab_full, tab_full2, tab_mixed"
+"ALTER PUBLICATION tap_pub ADD TABLE tab_rep, tab_full, tab_full2, tab_mixed, tab_nothing"
 );
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"ALTER PUBLICATION tap_pub_ins_only ADD TABLE tab_ins");
@@ -94,6 +99,9 @@ $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres', "UPDATE tab_rep SET a = -a");
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"INSERT INTO tab_mixed VALUES (2, 'bar', 2.2)");
 
+$node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
+	"INSERT INTO tab_nothing VALUES (generate_series(1,20))");
+
 $node_publisher->poll_query_until('postgres', $caughtup_query)
   or die "Timed out while waiting for subscriber to catch up";
 
@@ -109,6 +117,10 @@ $result = $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT * FROM tab_mixed");
 is( $result, qq(local|1.1|foo|1
 local|2.2|bar|2), 'check replicated changes with different column order');
 
+$result =
+  $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT count(*) FROM tab_nothing");
+is($result, qq(20), 'check replicated changes with REPLICA IDENTITY NOTHING');
+
 # insert some duplicate rows
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"INSERT INTO tab_full SELECT generate_series(1,10)");