diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
index dbbc2f1e30d..939444b6c0d 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/makefuncs.c
@@ -161,6 +161,49 @@ makeWholeRowVar(RangeTblEntry *rte,
 							 varlevelsup);
 			break;
 
+		case RTE_SUBQUERY:
+
+			/*
+			 * For a standard subquery, the Var should be of RECORD type.
+			 * However, if we're looking at a subquery that was expanded from
+			 * a view or SRF (only possible during planning), we must use the
+			 * appropriate rowtype, so that the resulting Var has the same
+			 * type that we would have produced from the original RTE.
+			 */
+			if (OidIsValid(rte->relid))
+			{
+				/* Subquery was expanded from a view */
+				toid = get_rel_type_id(rte->relid);
+				if (!OidIsValid(toid))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
+							 errmsg("relation \"%s\" does not have a composite type",
+									get_rel_name(rte->relid))));
+			}
+			else if (rte->functions)
+			{
+				/*
+				 * Subquery was expanded from a set-returning function.  That
+				 * would not have happened if there's more than one function
+				 * or ordinality was requested.  We also needn't worry about
+				 * the allowScalar case, since the planner doesn't use that.
+				 */
+				Assert(!allowScalar);
+				fexpr = ((RangeTblFunction *) linitial(rte->functions))->funcexpr;
+				toid = exprType(fexpr);
+				if (!type_is_rowtype(toid))
+					toid = RECORDOID;
+			}
+			else
+				toid = RECORDOID;
+			result = makeVar(varno,
+							 InvalidAttrNumber,
+							 toid,
+							 -1,
+							 InvalidOid,
+							 varlevelsup);
+			break;
+
 		case RTE_FUNCTION:
 
 			/*
@@ -217,8 +260,8 @@ makeWholeRowVar(RangeTblEntry *rte,
 		default:
 
 			/*
-			 * RTE is a join, subselect, tablefunc, or VALUES.  We represent
-			 * this as a whole-row Var of RECORD type. (Note that in most
+			 * RTE is a join, tablefunc, VALUES, CTE, etc.  We represent these
+			 * cases as a whole-row Var of RECORD type.  (Note that in most
 			 * cases the Var will be expanded to a RowExpr during planning,
 			 * but that is not our concern here.)
 			 */
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c
index bcc40dd5a84..a9efc0b23a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/prep/prepjointree.c
@@ -914,8 +914,14 @@ preprocess_function_rtes(PlannerInfo *root)
 				rte->rtekind = RTE_SUBQUERY;
 				rte->subquery = funcquery;
 				rte->security_barrier = false;
-				/* Clear fields that should not be set in a subquery RTE */
-				rte->functions = NIL;
+
+				/*
+				 * Clear fields that should not be set in a subquery RTE.
+				 * However, we leave rte->functions filled in for the moment,
+				 * in case makeWholeRowVar needs to consult it.  We'll clear
+				 * it in setrefs.c (see add_rte_to_flat_rtable) so that this
+				 * abuse of the data structure doesn't escape the planner.
+				 */
 				rte->funcordinality = false;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out b/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out
index d1394c67833..341b689f766 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/returning.out
@@ -286,6 +286,63 @@ SELECT * FROM voo;
  16 | zoo2
 (2 rows)
 
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an un-flattenable view
+CREATE TEMP VIEW foo_v AS SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_v.f2 FROM foo_v WHERE foo_v.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_v;
+      foo_v      
+-----------------
+ (2,more,42,141)
+ (16,zoo2,57,99)
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+ f1 |  f2  | f3 | f4  
+----+------+----+-----
+  2 | more | 42 | 141
+ 16 | zoo2 | 57 |  99
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an inlined set-returning function
+CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo AS
+  $$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_f;
+      foo_f      
+-----------------
+ (2,more,42,141)
+ (16,zoo2,57,99)
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+ f1 |  f2  | f3 | f4  
+----+------+----+-----
+  2 | more | 42 | 141
+ 16 | zoo2 | 57 |  99
+(2 rows)
+
+DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
+-- As above, but SRF is defined to return a composite type
+CREATE TYPE foo_t AS (f1 int, f2 text, f3 int, f4 int8);
+CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo_t AS
+  $$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_f;
+      foo_f      
+-----------------
+ (2,more,42,141)
+ (16,zoo2,57,99)
+(2 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+ f1 |  f2  | f3 | f4  
+----+------+----+-----
+  2 | more | 42 | 141
+ 16 | zoo2 | 57 |  99
+(2 rows)
+
+DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
+DROP TYPE foo_t;
 -- Try a join case
 CREATE TEMP TABLE joinme (f2j text, other int);
 INSERT INTO joinme VALUES('more', 12345);
@@ -726,8 +783,9 @@ NOTICE:  UPDATE: (3,zoo2,58,99,54321) -> (3,zoo2,59,7,54321)
 
 -- Test wholerow & dropped column handling
 ALTER TABLE foo DROP COLUMN f3 CASCADE;
-NOTICE:  drop cascades to 3 other objects
+NOTICE:  drop cascades to 4 other objects
 DETAIL:  drop cascades to rule voo_i on view voo
+drop cascades to view foo_v
 drop cascades to view joinview
 drop cascades to rule foo_del_rule on table foo
 UPDATE foo SET f4 = f4 + 1 RETURNING old.f3;  -- should fail
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql
index 54caf56244c..cc99cb53f63 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/returning.sql
@@ -132,6 +132,30 @@ DELETE FROM foo WHERE f2 = 'zit' RETURNING *;
 SELECT * FROM foo;
 SELECT * FROM voo;
 
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an un-flattenable view
+CREATE TEMP VIEW foo_v AS SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_v.f2 FROM foo_v WHERE foo_v.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_v;
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+
+-- Check use of a whole-row variable for an inlined set-returning function
+CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo AS
+  $$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_f;
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
+
+-- As above, but SRF is defined to return a composite type
+CREATE TYPE foo_t AS (f1 int, f2 text, f3 int, f4 int8);
+CREATE FUNCTION foo_f() RETURNS SETOF foo_t AS
+  $$ SELECT * FROM foo OFFSET 0 $$ LANGUAGE sql STABLE;
+UPDATE foo SET f2 = foo_f.f2 FROM foo_f() WHERE foo_f.f1 = foo.f1
+  RETURNING foo_f;
+SELECT * FROM foo;
+DROP FUNCTION foo_f();
+DROP TYPE foo_t;
+
 -- Try a join case
 
 CREATE TEMP TABLE joinme (f2j text, other int);
