diff --git a/docs/content/maintenance/manage-branches.md b/docs/content/maintenance/manage-branches.md
index d1a45e962262d..87d0279719fb2 100644
--- a/docs/content/maintenance/manage-branches.md
+++ b/docs/content/maintenance/manage-branches.md
@@ -223,6 +223,20 @@ SELECT * FROM T;
 |         20240726 |             pear |      6 |
 +------------------+------------------+--------+
 */
+
+-- reset fallback branch
+ALTER TABLE T RESET ( 'scan.fallback-branch' );
+
+-- now it only reads from default branch
+SELECT * FROM T;
+/*
++------------------+------------------+--------+
+|               dt |             name | amount |
++------------------+------------------+--------+
+|         20240725 |            apple |      5 |
+|         20240725 |           banana |      7 |
++------------------+------------------+--------+
+*/
 ```
 
 {{< /tab >}}
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FallbackReadFileStoreTable.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FallbackReadFileStoreTable.java
index d254c68806132..d26ce955a5970 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FallbackReadFileStoreTable.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FallbackReadFileStoreTable.java
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ public FallbackReadFileStoreTable(FileStoreTable main, FileStoreTable fallback)
         super(main);
         this.fallback = fallback;
 
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(!(main instanceof FallbackReadFileStoreTable));
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(!(fallback instanceof FallbackReadFileStoreTable));
+
         String mainBranch = main.coreOptions().branch();
         String fallbackBranch = fallback.coreOptions().branch();
         RowType mainRowType = main.schema().logicalRowType();
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FileStoreTableFactory.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FileStoreTableFactory.java
index 74cc9fd35d780..a8764a751cc60 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FileStoreTableFactory.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/table/FileStoreTableFactory.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.options.Options;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.SchemaManager;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.TableSchema;
-import org.apache.paimon.utils.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.paimon.utils.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -106,9 +105,6 @@ public static FileStoreTable create(
                             new SchemaManager(fileIO, tablePath, fallbackBranch).latest().get(),
                             branchOptions,
                             catalogEnvironment);
-
-            Preconditions.checkArgument(!(table instanceof FallbackReadFileStoreTable));
-            Preconditions.checkArgument(!(fallbackTable instanceof FallbackReadFileStoreTable));
             table = new FallbackReadFileStoreTable(table, fallbackTable);
         }
 
diff --git a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/BranchSqlITCase.java b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/BranchSqlITCase.java
index 8fd76616cbe6c..6ba0e4ebb93e5 100644
--- a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/BranchSqlITCase.java
+++ b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/BranchSqlITCase.java
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ public void testFallbackBranchBatchRead() throws Exception {
         assertThat(collectResult("SELECT v, k FROM t"))
                 .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
                         "+I[apple, 10]", "+I[banana, 20]", "+I[lion, 10]", "+I[wolf, 20]");
+
+        sql("ALTER TABLE t RESET ( 'scan.fallback-branch' )");
+        assertThat(collectResult("SELECT v, k FROM t"))
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder("+I[apple, 10]", "+I[banana, 20]");
     }
 
     @Test