diff --git a/contrib/pg_stat_statements/expected/select.out b/contrib/pg_stat_statements/expected/select.out
index 708c6b0e9c4..1eebc2898ab 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_stat_statements/expected/select.out
+++ b/contrib/pg_stat_statements/expected/select.out
@@ -433,11 +433,10 @@ COMMIT;
 SELECT calls, query FROM pg_stat_statements ORDER BY query COLLATE "C";
  calls |                                 query                                  
 -------+------------------------------------------------------------------------
-     1 | SELECT * FROM temp_t
-     1 | SELECT * FROM temp_t
+     2 | SELECT * FROM temp_t
      0 | SELECT calls, query FROM pg_stat_statements ORDER BY query COLLATE "C"
      1 | SELECT pg_stat_statements_reset() IS NOT NULL AS t
-(4 rows)
+(3 rows)
 
 SELECT pg_stat_statements_reset() IS NOT NULL AS t;
  t 
@@ -623,18 +622,15 @@ SELECT a AS a1 FROM pgss_schema_2.tab_search_diff_2;
 SELECT calls, query FROM pg_stat_statements ORDER BY query COLLATE "C";
  calls |                                 query                                  
 -------+------------------------------------------------------------------------
-     3 | SELECT a FROM pgss_schema_2.tab_search_diff_2 AS t1
-     9 | SELECT a FROM tab_search_diff_2 AS t1
-     1 | SELECT a, b FROM pgss_schema_1.tab_search_same
-     3 | SELECT a, b FROM tab_search_same
+     8 | SELECT a FROM tab_search_diff_2
+     4 | SELECT a FROM tab_search_diff_2 AS t1
+     4 | SELECT a, b FROM tab_search_same
      0 | SELECT calls, query FROM pg_stat_statements ORDER BY query COLLATE "C"
-     1 | SELECT count(*) FROM pgss_schema_1.tab_search_same
-     1 | SELECT count(*) FROM pgss_schema_2.tab_search_diff_1
-     3 | SELECT count(*) FROM tab_search_diff_1
+     4 | SELECT count(*) FROM tab_search_diff_1
      4 | SELECT count(*) FROM tab_search_diff_2
-     3 | SELECT count(*) FROM tab_search_same
+     4 | SELECT count(*) FROM tab_search_same
      1 | SELECT pg_stat_statements_reset() IS NOT NULL AS t
-(11 rows)
+(8 rows)
 
 DROP SCHEMA pgss_schema_1 CASCADE;
 NOTICE:  drop cascades to 3 other objects
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgstatstatements.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgstatstatements.sgml
index f4e384e95ae..625b84ebfef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pgstatstatements.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgstatstatements.sgml
@@ -675,8 +675,13 @@ calls | 2
    things, the internal object identifiers appearing in this representation.
    This has some counterintuitive implications.  For example,
    <filename>pg_stat_statements</filename> will consider two apparently-identical
-   queries to be distinct, if they reference a table that was dropped
-   and recreated between the executions of the two queries.
+   queries to be distinct, if they reference for example a function that was
+   dropped and recreated between the executions of the two queries.
+   Conversely, if a table is dropped and recreated between the
+   executions of queries, two apparently-identical queries may be
+   considered the same. However, if the alias for a table is different
+   for otherwise-similar queries, these queries will be considered
+   distinct.
    The hashing process is also sensitive to differences in
    machine architecture and other facets of the platform.
    Furthermore, it is not safe to assume that <structfield>queryid</structfield>
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/queryjumblefuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/queryjumblefuncs.c
index f8b0f91704b..62d6cfb7ac1 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/queryjumblefuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/queryjumblefuncs.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static void _jumbleElements(JumbleState *jstate, List *elements);
 static void _jumbleA_Const(JumbleState *jstate, Node *node);
 static void _jumbleList(JumbleState *jstate, Node *node);
 static void _jumbleVariableSetStmt(JumbleState *jstate, Node *node);
+static void _jumbleRangeTblEntry_eref(JumbleState *jstate,
+									  RangeTblEntry *rte,
+									  Alias *expr);
 
 /*
  * Given a possibly multi-statement source string, confine our attention to the
@@ -516,3 +519,19 @@ _jumbleVariableSetStmt(JumbleState *jstate, Node *node)
 	JUMBLE_FIELD(is_local);
 	JUMBLE_LOCATION(location);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Custom query jumble function for RangeTblEntry.eref.
+ */
+static void
+_jumbleRangeTblEntry_eref(JumbleState *jstate,
+						  RangeTblEntry *rte,
+						  Alias *expr)
+{
+	JUMBLE_FIELD(type);
+
+	/*
+	 * This includes only the table name, the list of column names is ignored.
+	 */
+	JUMBLE_STRING(aliasname);
+}
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index 23c9e3c5abf..df331b1c0d9 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -1050,8 +1050,13 @@ typedef struct RangeTblEntry
 	 */
 	/* user-written alias clause, if any */
 	Alias	   *alias pg_node_attr(query_jumble_ignore);
-	/* expanded reference names */
-	Alias	   *eref pg_node_attr(query_jumble_ignore);
+
+	/*
+	 * Expanded reference names.  This uses a custom query jumble function so
+	 * that the table name is included in the computation, but not its list of
+	 * columns.
+	 */
+	Alias	   *eref pg_node_attr(custom_query_jumble);
 
 	RTEKind		rtekind;		/* see above */
 
@@ -1094,7 +1099,7 @@ typedef struct RangeTblEntry
 	 * tables to be invalidated if the underlying table is altered.
 	 */
 	/* OID of the relation */
-	Oid			relid;
+	Oid			relid pg_node_attr(query_jumble_ignore);
 	/* inheritance requested? */
 	bool		inh;
 	/* relation kind (see pg_class.relkind) */