diff --git a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
index 42c06af239..9c33624299 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void pgoutput_stream_prepare_txn(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
 static bool publications_valid;
 static bool in_streaming;
 
-static List *LoadPublications(List *pubnames);
+static List *LoadPublications(List *pubnames, bool *skipped);
 static void publication_invalidation_cb(Datum arg, int cacheid,
 										uint32 hashvalue);
 static void send_relation_and_attrs(Relation relation, TransactionId xid,
@@ -1726,9 +1726,13 @@ pgoutput_shutdown(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx)
 
 /*
  * Load publications from the list of publication names.
+ *
+ * Here, we just skip the publications that don't exist yet. 'skipped'
+ * will be true if we find any publication from the given list that doesn't
+ * exist.
  */
 static List *
-LoadPublications(List *pubnames)
+LoadPublications(List *pubnames, bool *skipped)
 {
 	List	   *result = NIL;
 	ListCell   *lc;
@@ -1736,9 +1740,12 @@ LoadPublications(List *pubnames)
 	foreach(lc, pubnames)
 	{
 		char	   *pubname = (char *) lfirst(lc);
-		Publication *pub = GetPublicationByName(pubname, false);
+		Publication *pub = GetPublicationByName(pubname, true);
 
-		result = lappend(result, pub);
+		if (pub)
+			result = lappend(result, pub);
+		else
+			*skipped = true;
 	}
 
 	return result;
@@ -2010,6 +2017,7 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 		bool		am_partition = get_rel_relispartition(relid);
 		char		relkind = get_rel_relkind(relid);
 		List	   *rel_publications = NIL;
+		bool		skipped_pub = false;
 
 		/* Reload publications if needed before use. */
 		if (!publications_valid)
@@ -2020,9 +2028,15 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 				list_free_deep(data->publications);
 				data->publications = NIL;
 			}
-			data->publications = LoadPublications(data->publication_names);
+			data->publications = LoadPublications(data->publication_names, &skipped_pub);
 			MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldctx);
-			publications_valid = true;
+
+			/*
+			 * We don't consider the publications to be valid till we have
+			 * information of all the publications.
+			 */
+			if (!skipped_pub)
+				publications_valid = true;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -2211,7 +2225,12 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 		list_free(schemaPubids);
 		list_free(rel_publications);
 
-		entry->replicate_valid = true;
+		/*
+		 * We don't consider the entry to be valid till we have information of
+		 * all the publications.
+		 */
+		if (!skipped_pub)
+			entry->replicate_valid = true;
 	}
 
 	return entry;