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 93e7e87ef5c7..e936587320f3 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
@@ -792,13 +792,15 @@ private Table createHiveFormatTable(
     @Override
     protected void renameTableImpl(Identifier fromTable, Identifier toTable) {
         try {
-            Table table = renameHiveTable(fromTable, toTable);
-
+            // Get fromTable's location before rename
             Path fromPath = getTableLocation(fromTable);
-            if (!new SchemaManager(fileIO, fromPath).listAllIds().isEmpty()) {
+            Table table = renameHiveTable(fromTable, toTable);
+            Path toPath = getTableLocation(toTable);
+            if (!isExternalTable(table)
+                    && !fromPath.equals(toPath)
+                    && !new SchemaManager(fileIO, fromPath).listAllIds().isEmpty()) {
                 // Rename the file system's table directory. Maintain consistency between tables in
                 // the file system and tables in the Hive Metastore.
-                Path toPath = getTableLocation(toTable);
                 try {
                     fileIO.rename(fromPath, toPath);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/sql/DDLWithHiveCatalogTestBase.scala b/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/sql/DDLWithHiveCatalogTestBase.scala
index bfd6716b2128..9be8e21a8df2 100644
--- a/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/sql/DDLWithHiveCatalogTestBase.scala
+++ b/paimon-spark/paimon-spark-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/paimon/spark/sql/DDLWithHiveCatalogTestBase.scala
@@ -347,6 +347,60 @@ abstract class DDLWithHiveCatalogTestBase extends PaimonHiveTestBase {
     }
   }
 
+  test("Paimon DDL with hive catalog: rename external / managed table") {
+    Seq(sparkCatalogName, paimonHiveCatalogName).foreach {
+      catalogName =>
+        spark.sql(s"USE $catalogName")
+        withTempDir {
+          tbLocation =>
+            withDatabase("paimon_db") {
+              spark.sql(s"CREATE DATABASE paimon_db")
+              spark.sql(s"USE paimon_db")
+              withTable(
+                "external_tbl",
+                "managed_tbl",
+                "external_tbl_renamed",
+                "managed_tbl_renamed") {
+                val expertTbLocation = tbLocation.getCanonicalPath
+                // create external table
+                spark.sql(
+                  s"CREATE TABLE external_tbl (id INT) USING paimon LOCATION '$expertTbLocation'")
+                spark.sql("INSERT INTO external_tbl VALUES (1)")
+                val actualTbLocation = loadTable("paimon_db", "external_tbl").location()
+                assert(actualTbLocation.toString.split(':').apply(1).equals(expertTbLocation))
+
+                // rename external table, location should not change
+                spark.sql("ALTER TABLE external_tbl RENAME TO external_tbl_renamed")
+                checkAnswer(spark.sql("SELECT * FROM external_tbl_renamed"), Row(1))
+                assert(
+                  loadTable("paimon_db", "external_tbl_renamed")
+                    .location()
+                    .toString
+                    .split(':')
+                    .apply(1)
+                    .equals(expertTbLocation))
+
+                // create managed table
+                spark.sql(s"CREATE TABLE managed_tbl (id INT) USING paimon")
+                spark.sql("INSERT INTO managed_tbl VALUES (1)")
+                val managedTbLocation = loadTable("paimon_db", "managed_tbl").location()
+
+                // rename managed table, location should change
+                spark.sql("ALTER TABLE managed_tbl RENAME TO managed_tbl_renamed")
+                checkAnswer(spark.sql("SELECT * FROM managed_tbl_renamed"), Row(1))
+                assert(
+                  !loadTable("paimon_db", "managed_tbl_renamed")
+                    .location()
+                    .toString
+                    .split(':')
+                    .apply(1)
+                    .equals(managedTbLocation.toString))
+              }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+  }
+
   def getDatabaseProp(dbName: String, propertyName: String): String = {
     spark
       .sql(s"DESC DATABASE EXTENDED $dbName")