diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c b/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c
index 4c6700de04553..dcf56446c747b 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c
@@ -3225,8 +3225,8 @@ ExecInitSubscriptingRef(ExprEvalStep *scratch, SubscriptingRef *sbsref,
  * trees in which each level of assignment has its own CaseTestExpr, and the
  * recursive structure appears within the newvals or refassgnexpr field.
  * There is an exception, though: if the array is an array-of-domain, we will
- * have a CoerceToDomain as the refassgnexpr, and we need to be able to look
- * through that.
+ * have a CoerceToDomain or RelabelType as the refassgnexpr, and we need to
+ * be able to look through that.
  */
 static bool
 isAssignmentIndirectionExpr(Expr *expr)
@@ -3253,6 +3253,12 @@ isAssignmentIndirectionExpr(Expr *expr)
 
 		return isAssignmentIndirectionExpr(cd->arg);
 	}
+	else if (IsA(expr, RelabelType))
+	{
+		RelabelType *r = (RelabelType *) expr;
+
+		return isAssignmentIndirectionExpr(r->arg);
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/domain.out b/src/test/regress/expected/domain.out
index b7937fb3bc6cf..6d94e84414a66 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/domain.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/domain.out
@@ -606,6 +606,15 @@ table dcomptable;
  {"(1,5)"}
 (1 row)
 
+-- if there's no constraints, a different code path is taken:
+alter domain dcomptype drop constraint dcomptype_check;
+update dcomptable set f1[1].cf1 = -1;  -- now ok
+table dcomptable;
+     f1     
+------------
+ {"(-1,5)"}
+(1 row)
+
 drop table dcomptable;
 drop type comptype cascade;
 NOTICE:  drop cascades to type dcomptype
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/domain.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/domain.sql
index a9a56f5277ca0..745f5d5fd2b10 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/domain.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/domain.sql
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ table dcomptable;
 update dcomptable set f1[1].cf1 = -1;  -- fail
 update dcomptable set f1[1].cf1 = 1;
 table dcomptable;
+-- if there's no constraints, a different code path is taken:
+alter domain dcomptype drop constraint dcomptype_check;
+update dcomptable set f1[1].cf1 = -1;  -- now ok
+table dcomptable;
 
 drop table dcomptable;
 drop type comptype cascade;