diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/endtoend/rpc_test.go b/go/vt/vttablet/endtoend/rpc_test.go
index a186d444f8d..d0fb7db2893 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/endtoend/rpc_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/endtoend/rpc_test.go
@@ -169,6 +169,25 @@ func TestGetSchemaRPC(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			getSchemaQueryType: querypb.SchemaTableType_ALL,
 			getSchemaTables:    []string{"vitess_temp1", "vitess_temp3", "unknown_table", "vitess_view3", "vitess_view1", "unknown_view"},
+		}, {
+			name: "Create some internal tables",
+			queries: []string{
+				"create table _vt_HOLD_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410 (eid int);",
+				"create table vitess_temp1 (eid int);",
+				"create view vitess_view1 as select eid from vitess_a",
+			},
+			deferQueries: []string{
+				"drop table _vt_HOLD_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+				"drop table vitess_temp1",
+				"drop view vitess_view1",
+			},
+			mapToExpect: map[string]string{
+				"vitess_view1": "CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED DEFINER=`vt_dba`@`localhost` SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW `vitess_view1` AS select `vitess_a`.`eid` AS `eid` from `vitess_a`",
+				"vitess_temp1": "CREATE TABLE `vitess_temp1` (\n  `eid` int DEFAULT NULL\n) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci",
+				// These shouldn't be part of the result, so we verify it is empty.
+				"_vt_HOLD_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410": "",
+			},
+			getSchemaQueryType: querypb.SchemaTableType_ALL,
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/query_executor.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/query_executor.go
index b4e377e7d80..844ce753152 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/query_executor.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/query_executor.go
@@ -1182,7 +1182,12 @@ func (qre *QueryExecutor) executeGetSchemaQuery(query string, callback func(sche
 	return qre.execStreamSQL(conn, false /* isTransaction */, query, func(result *sqltypes.Result) error {
 		schemaDef := make(map[string]string)
 		for _, row := range result.Rows {
-			schemaDef[row[0].ToString()] = row[1].ToString()
+			tableName := row[0].ToString()
+			// Schema RPC should ignore the internal table in the response.
+			if schema.IsInternalOperationTableName(tableName) {
+				continue
+			}
+			schemaDef[tableName] = row[1].ToString()
 		}
 		return callback(&querypb.GetSchemaResponse{TableDefinition: schemaDef})
 	})