diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 313c782cae2..7a063ca8ae0 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -20409,6 +20409,7 @@ ATExecSplitPartition(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 		 * against concurrent drop, and mark stmt->relation as
 		 * RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP if a temporary namespace is selected.
 		 */
+		sps->name->relpersistence = rel->rd_rel->relpersistence;
 		namespaceId =
 			RangeVarGetAndCheckCreationNamespace(sps->name, NoLock, NULL);
 
@@ -20601,6 +20602,8 @@ ATExecMergePartitions(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 	ListCell   *listptr;
 	List	   *mergingPartitionsList = NIL;
 	Oid			defaultPartOid;
+	Oid			namespaceId;
+	Oid			existingRelid;
 
 	/*
 	 * Lock all merged partitions, check them and create list with partitions
@@ -20617,13 +20620,48 @@ ATExecMergePartitions(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 		 */
 		mergingPartition = table_openrv(name, AccessExclusiveLock);
 
-		/*
-		 * Checking that two partitions have the same name was before, in
-		 * function transformPartitionCmdForMerge().
-		 */
-		if (equal(name, cmd->name))
+		/* Store a next merging partition into the list. */
+		mergingPartitionsList = lappend(mergingPartitionsList,
+										mergingPartition);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Look up the namespace in which we are supposed to create the partition,
+	 * check we have permission to create there, lock it against concurrent
+	 * drop, and mark stmt->relation as RELPERSISTENCE_TEMP if a temporary
+	 * namespace is selected.
+	 */
+	cmd->name->relpersistence = rel->rd_rel->relpersistence;
+	namespaceId =
+		RangeVarGetAndCheckCreationNamespace(cmd->name, NoLock, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Check if this name is already taken.  This helps us to detect the
+	 * situation when one of the merging partitions has the same name as the
+	 * new partition.  Otherwise, this would fail later on anyway but catching
+	 * this here allows us to emit a nicer error message.
+	 */
+	existingRelid = get_relname_relid(cmd->name->relname, namespaceId);
+
+	if (OidIsValid(existingRelid))
+	{
+		Relation	sameNamePartition = NULL;
+
+		foreach_ptr(RelationData, mergingPartition, mergingPartitionsList)
 		{
-			/* One new partition can have the same name as merged partition. */
+			if (RelationGetRelid(mergingPartition) == existingRelid)
+			{
+				sameNamePartition = mergingPartition;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (sameNamePartition)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * The new partition has the same name as one of merging
+			 * partitions.
+			 */
 			char		tmpRelName[NAMEDATALEN];
 
 			/* Generate temporary name. */
@@ -20635,7 +20673,7 @@ ATExecMergePartitions(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 			 * in the future because we're going to eventually drop the
 			 * existing partition anyway.
 			 */
-			RenameRelationInternal(RelationGetRelid(mergingPartition),
+			RenameRelationInternal(RelationGetRelid(sameNamePartition),
 								   tmpRelName, false, false);
 
 			/*
@@ -20644,10 +20682,12 @@ ATExecMergePartitions(List **wqueue, AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 			 */
 			CommandCounterIncrement();
 		}
-
-		/* Store a next merging partition into the list. */
-		mergingPartitionsList = lappend(mergingPartitionsList,
-										mergingPartition);
+		else
+		{
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_TABLE),
+					 errmsg("relation \"%s\" already exists", cmd->name->relname)));
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Detach all merged partitions. */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out b/src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out
index 6361732d104..9c67a4a8b15 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/partition_merge.out
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (13, 'Gandi',    377,  '2022-01-09');
 INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
 -- Merge partitions (include DEFAULT partition) into partition with the same
 -- name
-ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022, sales_others) INTO sales_others;
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS
+  (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022, partitions_merge_schema.sales_others) INTO sales_others;
 select * from sales_others;
  salesperson_id | salesperson_name | sales_amount | sales_date 
 ----------------+------------------+--------------+------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/partition_split.out b/src/test/regress/expected/partition_split.out
index 14c4f97c9ff..d08eb4770ba 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/partition_split.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/partition_split.out
@@ -1547,6 +1547,14 @@ REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA partition_split_schema FROM regress_partition_split_alice;
 REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA partition_split_schema FROM regress_partition_split_bob;
 DROP ROLE regress_partition_split_alice;
 DROP ROLE regress_partition_split_bob;
+-- Split partition of a temporary table when one of the partitions after
+-- split has the same name as the partition being split
+CREATE TEMP TABLE t (a int) PARTITION BY RANGE (a);
+CREATE TEMP TABLE tp_0 PARTITION OF t FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (2);
+ALTER TABLE t SPLIT PARTITION tp_0 INTO
+  (PARTITION tp_0 FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (1),
+   PARTITION tp_1 FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (2));
+DROP TABLE t;
 RESET search_path;
 --
 DROP SCHEMA partition_split_schema;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql
index 5a741efa09b..56249732002 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/partition_merge.sql
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ INSERT INTO sales_range VALUES (14, 'Smith',    510,  '2022-05-04');
 
 -- Merge partitions (include DEFAULT partition) into partition with the same
 -- name
-ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022, sales_others) INTO sales_others;
+ALTER TABLE sales_range MERGE PARTITIONS
+  (sales_jan2022, sales_mar2022, partitions_merge_schema.sales_others) INTO sales_others;
 
 select * from sales_others;
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/partition_split.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/partition_split.sql
index 70d70499ec6..d9e2359cb76 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/partition_split.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/partition_split.sql
@@ -931,6 +931,15 @@ REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA partition_split_schema FROM regress_partition_split_bob;
 DROP ROLE regress_partition_split_alice;
 DROP ROLE regress_partition_split_bob;
 
+-- Split partition of a temporary table when one of the partitions after
+-- split has the same name as the partition being split
+CREATE TEMP TABLE t (a int) PARTITION BY RANGE (a);
+CREATE TEMP TABLE tp_0 PARTITION OF t FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (2);
+ALTER TABLE t SPLIT PARTITION tp_0 INTO
+  (PARTITION tp_0 FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (1),
+   PARTITION tp_1 FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (2));
+DROP TABLE t;
+
 RESET search_path;
 
 --