diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
index 0ccd75b74a81b..f8d43dbf993ac 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
@@ -1795,6 +1795,7 @@ _outGatherPath(StringInfo str, const GatherPath *node)
 
 	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(subpath);
 	WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(single_copy);
+	WRITE_INT_FIELD(num_workers);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c
index 427eedea91e03..71678d08dcc3f 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/createplan.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ create_gather_plan(PlannerInfo *root, GatherPath *best_path)
 
 	gather_plan = make_gather(tlist,
 							  NIL,
-							  best_path->path.parallel_workers,
+							  best_path->num_workers,
 							  best_path->single_copy,
 							  subplan);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
index ce7ad545a95fc..fc22951e68ffc 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
@@ -1681,16 +1681,17 @@ create_gather_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, Path *subpath,
 														  required_outer);
 	pathnode->path.parallel_aware = false;
 	pathnode->path.parallel_safe = false;
-	pathnode->path.parallel_workers = subpath->parallel_workers;
+	pathnode->path.parallel_workers = 0;
 	pathnode->path.pathkeys = NIL;		/* Gather has unordered result */
 
 	pathnode->subpath = subpath;
+	pathnode->num_workers = subpath->parallel_workers;
 	pathnode->single_copy = false;
 
-	if (pathnode->path.parallel_workers == 0)
+	if (pathnode->num_workers == 0)
 	{
-		pathnode->path.parallel_workers = 1;
 		pathnode->path.pathkeys = subpath->pathkeys;
+		pathnode->num_workers = 1;
 		pathnode->single_copy = true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/relation.h b/src/include/nodes/relation.h
index b97b700ee45bf..48862d93aec5a 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/relation.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/relation.h
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ typedef struct GatherPath
 	Path		path;
 	Path	   *subpath;		/* path for each worker */
 	bool		single_copy;	/* path must not be executed >1x */
+	int			num_workers;	/* number of workers sought to help */
 } GatherPath;
 
 /*