diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c
index dcf7c08c18..3c6d0cd171 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/proto.c
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ 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_sendint32(out, RelationGetRelid(rel));
 
diff --git a/src/test/subscription/t/001_rep_changes.pl b/src/test/subscription/t/001_rep_changes.pl
index 77a1560b23..6da7f71ca3 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 => 22;
+use Test::More tests => 23;
 
 # Initialize publisher node
 my $node_publisher = get_new_node('publisher');
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"CREATE TABLE tab_include (a int, b text, CONSTRAINT covering PRIMARY KEY(a) INCLUDE(b))"
 );
+# Let this table with REPLICA IDENTITY NOTHING, allowing only INSERT changes.
+$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)");
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ $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',
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ $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, tab_include"
+	"ALTER PUBLICATION tap_pub ADD TABLE tab_rep, tab_full, tab_full2, tab_mixed, tab_include, tab_nothing"
 );
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"ALTER PUBLICATION tap_pub_ins_only ADD TABLE tab_ins");
@@ -97,6 +102,9 @@ $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->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"INSERT INTO tab_include SELECT generate_series(1,50)");
 $node_publisher->safe_psql('postgres',
@@ -117,6 +125,10 @@ $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');
+
 $result = $node_subscriber->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"SELECT count(*), min(a), max(a) FROM tab_include");
 is($result, qq(20|-20|-1),