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 30375e246443..efed642c8337 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
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.SchemaManager;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.TableSchema;
 import org.apache.paimon.table.FileStoreTable;
+import org.apache.paimon.table.FileStoreTableFactory;
 import org.apache.paimon.table.TableType;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.DataField;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.DataTypes;
@@ -338,14 +339,15 @@ private boolean partitionExistsInOtherBranches(
                 continue;
             }
 
+            Optional<TableSchema> branchSchema =
+                    tableSchemaInFileSystem(mainTable.location(), branchName);
+            if (!branchSchema.isPresent()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             FileStoreTable table =
-                    (FileStoreTable)
-                            getTable(
-                                    new Identifier(
-                                            identifier.getDatabaseName(),
-                                            identifier.getTableName(),
-                                            branchName,
-                                            null));
+                    FileStoreTableFactory.create(
+                            mainTable.fileIO(), mainTable.location(), branchSchema.get());
             if (!table.newScan().withPartitionFilter(partitionSpec).listPartitions().isEmpty()) {
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-connector-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalogITCaseBase.java b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-connector-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalogITCaseBase.java
index fb504f5594e4..3dd8cb251817 100644
--- a/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-connector-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalogITCaseBase.java
+++ b/paimon-hive/paimon-hive-connector-common/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/hive/HiveCatalogITCaseBase.java
@@ -487,6 +487,16 @@ public void testFlinkCreateBranchAndHiveRead() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void testDropPartitionFromBranch() throws Exception {
+        testDropPartitionFromBranchImpl();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @LocationInProperties
+    public void testDropPartitionFromBranchLocationInProperties() throws Exception {
+        testDropPartitionFromBranchImpl();
+    }
+
+    private void testDropPartitionFromBranchImpl() throws Exception {
         tEnv.executeSql(
                         "CREATE TABLE t ( pt INT, v STRING ) PARTITIONED BY (pt) "
                                 + "WITH ( 'file.format' = 'avro', 'metastore.partitioned-table' = 'true' )")