From 5266bd06da71d31c8db9b7cd72c23c0234b2cfd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zouxxyy <zouxinyu.zxy@alibaba-inc.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:05:26 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] 1

---
 .../main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java
index 1e63eeda63a9..93e7e87ef5c7 100644
--- a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java
+++ b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalog.java
@@ -963,11 +963,12 @@ public void repairTable(Identifier identifier) throws TableNotExistException {
                 }
             } catch (TableNotExistException e) {
                 // hive table does not exist.
-                Table finalNewTable =
-                        newTable == null
-                                ? createHiveTable(
-                                        identifier, tableSchema, location, usingExternalTable())
-                                : newTable;
+                if (newTable == null) {
+                    newTable =
+                            createHiveTable(
+                                    identifier, tableSchema, location, usingExternalTable());
+                }
+                Table finalNewTable = newTable;
                 clients.execute(client -> client.createTable(finalNewTable));
             }