diff --git a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
index cec37ce0405..b01051df9d2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ PrepareQuery(PrepareStmt *stmt, const char *queryString)
 					   nargs,
 					   NULL,
 					   NULL,
-					   0,		/* default cursor options */
+					   CURSOR_OPT_PARALLEL_OK,	/* allow parallel mode */
 					   true);	/* fixed result */
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
index 390816bb9c2..115166b6f6a 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ exec_parse_message(const char *query_string,	/* string to execute */
 					   numParams,
 					   NULL,
 					   NULL,
-					   0,		/* default cursor options */
+					   CURSOR_OPT_PARALLEL_OK,	/* allow parallel mode */
 					   true);	/* fixed result */
 
 	/* If we got a cancel signal during analysis, quit */