diff --git a/contrib/bloom/expected/bloom.out b/contrib/bloom/expected/bloom.out
index cbc50f757b6..77521f02869 100644
--- a/contrib/bloom/expected/bloom.out
+++ b/contrib/bloom/expected/bloom.out
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CREATE TABLE tst (
 );
 INSERT INTO tst SELECT i%10, substr(md5(i::text), 1, 1) FROM generate_series(1,2000) i;
 CREATE INDEX bloomidx ON tst USING bloom (i, t) WITH (col1 = 3);
+ALTER INDEX bloomidx SET (length=80);
 SET enable_seqscan=on;
 SET enable_bitmapscan=off;
 SET enable_indexscan=off;
diff --git a/contrib/bloom/sql/bloom.sql b/contrib/bloom/sql/bloom.sql
index 22274609f20..b2136c3a798 100644
--- a/contrib/bloom/sql/bloom.sql
+++ b/contrib/bloom/sql/bloom.sql
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CREATE TABLE tst (
 
 INSERT INTO tst SELECT i%10, substr(md5(i::text), 1, 1) FROM generate_series(1,2000) i;
 CREATE INDEX bloomidx ON tst USING bloom (i, t) WITH (col1 = 3);
+ALTER INDEX bloomidx SET (length=80);
 
 SET enable_seqscan=on;
 SET enable_bitmapscan=off;
diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c b/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c
index ba1f3aafed7..8c843de38e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@ allocate_reloption(bits32 kinds, int type, char *name, char *desc)
 	newoption->namelen = strlen(name);
 	newoption->type = type;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set the default lock mode for this option.  There is no actual way
+	 * for a module to enforce it when declaring a custom relation option,
+	 * so just use the highest level, which is safe for all cases.
+	 */
+	newoption->lockmode = AccessExclusiveLock;
+
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt);
 
 	return newoption;