diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 5a3a40e21d4fdbe092d249e51af127f917e8c029..65a6cd4404f9ce2c18f1c288f2762db187e5db69 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 	},
 
 	{
-		{"max_parallel_degree", PGC_SUSET, RESOURCES_ASYNCHRONOUS,
+		{"max_parallel_degree", PGC_USERSET, RESOURCES_ASYNCHRONOUS,
 			gettext_noop("Sets the maximum number of parallel processes per executor node."),
 			NULL
 		},