diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 8e8c7e3958..b7e470ccc9 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -4317,6 +4317,8 @@ ATPrepCmd(List **wqueue, Relation rel, AlterTableCmd *cmd,
 		case AT_DisableTrigAll:
 		case AT_DisableTrigUser:
 			ATSimplePermissions(rel, ATT_TABLE | ATT_FOREIGN_TABLE);
+			if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE)
+				ATSimpleRecursion(wqueue, rel, cmd, recurse, lockmode, context);
 			pass = AT_PASS_MISC;
 			break;
 		case AT_EnableRule:		/* ENABLE/DISABLE RULE variants */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
index 672fccff5b..bbaa5cdf4b 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
@@ -1530,27 +1530,6 @@ EnableDisableTrigger(Relation rel, const char *tgname,
 
 			heap_freetuple(newtup);
 
-			/*
-			 * When altering FOR EACH ROW triggers on a partitioned table, do
-			 * the same on the partitions as well.
-			 */
-			if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE &&
-				(TRIGGER_FOR_ROW(oldtrig->tgtype)))
-			{
-				PartitionDesc partdesc = RelationGetPartitionDesc(rel);
-				int			i;
-
-				for (i = 0; i < partdesc->nparts; i++)
-				{
-					Relation	part;
-
-					part = relation_open(partdesc->oids[i], lockmode);
-					EnableDisableTrigger(part, NameStr(oldtrig->tgname),
-										 fires_when, skip_system, lockmode);
-					table_close(part, NoLock);	/* keep lock till commit */
-				}
-			}
-
 			changed = true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/triggers.out b/src/test/regress/expected/triggers.out
index 5e76b3a47e..57efa29020 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/triggers.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/triggers.out
@@ -2512,6 +2512,62 @@ select tgrelid::regclass, count(*) from pg_trigger
 (5 rows)
 
 drop table trg_clone;
+-- Test the interaction between ALTER TABLE .. DISABLE TRIGGER and
+-- both kinds of inheritance.  Historically, legacy inheritance has
+-- not recursed to children, so that behavior is preserved.
+create table parent (a int);
+create table child1 () inherits (parent);
+create function trig_nothing() returns trigger language plpgsql
+  as $$ begin return null; end $$;
+create trigger tg after insert on parent
+  for each row execute function trig_nothing();
+create trigger tg after insert on child1
+  for each row execute function trig_nothing();
+alter table parent disable trigger tg;
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+ tgrelid | tgname | tgenabled 
+---------+--------+-----------
+ child1  | tg     | O
+ parent  | tg     | D
+(2 rows)
+
+alter table only parent enable always trigger tg;
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+ tgrelid | tgname | tgenabled 
+---------+--------+-----------
+ child1  | tg     | O
+ parent  | tg     | A
+(2 rows)
+
+drop table parent, child1;
+create table parent (a int) partition by list (a);
+create table child1 partition of parent for values in (1);
+create trigger tg after insert on parent
+  for each row execute procedure trig_nothing();
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+ tgrelid | tgname | tgenabled 
+---------+--------+-----------
+ child1  | tg     | O
+ parent  | tg     | O
+(2 rows)
+
+alter table only parent enable always trigger tg;
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+ tgrelid | tgname | tgenabled 
+---------+--------+-----------
+ child1  | tg     | O
+ parent  | tg     | A
+(2 rows)
+
+drop table parent, child1;
 --
 -- Test the interaction between transition tables and both kinds of
 -- inheritance.  We'll dump the contents of the transition tables in a
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/triggers.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/triggers.sql
index e228d0a8a5..8f66df9f3b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/triggers.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/triggers.sql
@@ -1749,6 +1749,41 @@ select tgrelid::regclass, count(*) from pg_trigger
   group by tgrelid::regclass order by tgrelid::regclass;
 drop table trg_clone;
 
+-- Test the interaction between ALTER TABLE .. DISABLE TRIGGER and
+-- both kinds of inheritance.  Historically, legacy inheritance has
+-- not recursed to children, so that behavior is preserved.
+create table parent (a int);
+create table child1 () inherits (parent);
+create function trig_nothing() returns trigger language plpgsql
+  as $$ begin return null; end $$;
+create trigger tg after insert on parent
+  for each row execute function trig_nothing();
+create trigger tg after insert on child1
+  for each row execute function trig_nothing();
+alter table parent disable trigger tg;
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+alter table only parent enable always trigger tg;
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+drop table parent, child1;
+
+create table parent (a int) partition by list (a);
+create table child1 partition of parent for values in (1);
+create trigger tg after insert on parent
+  for each row execute procedure trig_nothing();
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+alter table only parent enable always trigger tg;
+select tgrelid::regclass, tgname, tgenabled from pg_trigger
+  where tgrelid in ('parent'::regclass, 'child1'::regclass)
+  order by tgrelid::regclass::text;
+drop table parent, child1;
+
+
 --
 -- Test the interaction between transition tables and both kinds of
 -- inheritance.  We'll dump the contents of the transition tables in a