diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/subselect.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/subselect.c
index 0df70c4..062175f 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/subselect.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/subselect.c
@@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@ convert_ANY_sublink_to_join(PlannerInfo *root, SubLink *sublink,
 	JoinExpr   *result;
 	Query	   *parse = root->parse;
 	Query	   *subselect = (Query *) sublink->subselect;
+	bool	subqueryLateral;
 	Relids		upper_varnos;
 	int			rtindex;
 	RangeTblEntry *rte;
@@ -1176,12 +1177,7 @@ convert_ANY_sublink_to_join(PlannerInfo *root, SubLink *sublink,
 
 	Assert(sublink->subLinkType == ANY_SUBLINK);
 
-	/*
-	 * The sub-select must not refer to any Vars of the parent query. (Vars of
-	 * higher levels should be okay, though.)
-	 */
-	if (contain_vars_of_level((Node *) subselect, 1))
-		return NULL;
+	subqueryLateral = contain_vars_of_level((Node *) subselect, 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * The test expression must contain some Vars of the parent query, else
@@ -1215,7 +1211,7 @@ convert_ANY_sublink_to_join(PlannerInfo *root, SubLink *sublink,
 	rte = addRangeTableEntryForSubquery(NULL,
 										subselect,
 										makeAlias("ANY_subquery", NIL),
-										false,
+										subqueryLateral,
 										false);
 	parse->rtable = lappend(parse->rtable, rte);
 	rtindex = list_length(parse->rtable);