diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java
index 072af2a4e7df..7bf645e98633 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.paimon.annotation.Public;
 import org.apache.paimon.fs.FileIO;
+import org.apache.paimon.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.paimon.metastore.MetastoreClient;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.Schema;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.SchemaChange;
@@ -169,6 +170,13 @@ void dropDatabase(String name, boolean ignoreIfNotExists, boolean cascade)
      */
     List<String> listTables(String databaseName) throws DatabaseNotExistException;
 
+    /**
+     * Get the table location in this catalog.
+     *
+     * @return the table location
+     */
+    Path getDataTableLocation(Identifier identifier);
+
     /**
      * Check if a table exists in this catalog.
      *
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/DelegateCatalog.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/DelegateCatalog.java
index 20bb99f1aa31..2080bb99991b 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/DelegateCatalog.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/DelegateCatalog.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.paimon.catalog;
 
 import org.apache.paimon.fs.FileIO;
+import org.apache.paimon.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.paimon.metastore.MetastoreClient;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.Schema;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.SchemaChange;
@@ -134,6 +135,11 @@ public Table getTable(Identifier identifier) throws TableNotExistException {
         return wrapped.getTable(identifier);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Path getDataTableLocation(Identifier identifier) {
+        return wrapped.getDataTableLocation(identifier);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void dropPartition(Identifier identifier, Map<String, String> partitions)
             throws TableNotExistException, PartitionNotExistException {
diff --git a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/clone/CopyFileOperator.java b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/clone/CopyFileOperator.java
index e5c83360627e..a3208e3f341d 100644
--- a/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/clone/CopyFileOperator.java
+++ b/paimon-flink/paimon-flink-common/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/clone/CopyFileOperator.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.apache.paimon.CoreOptions.PATH;
-
 /** A Operator to copy files. */
 public class CopyFileOperator extends AbstractStreamOperator<CloneFileInfo>
         implements OneInputStreamOperator<CloneFileInfo, CloneFileInfo> {
@@ -69,19 +67,11 @@ public void processElement(StreamRecord<CloneFileInfo> streamRecord) throws Exce
         FileIO sourceTableFileIO = sourceCatalog.fileIO();
         FileIO targetTableFileIO = targetCatalog.fileIO();
         Path sourceTableRootPath =
-                new Path(
-                        sourceCatalog
-                                .getTable(
-                                        Identifier.fromString(cloneFileInfo.getSourceIdentifier()))
-                                .options()
-                                .get(PATH.key()));
+                sourceCatalog.getDataTableLocation(
+                        Identifier.fromString(cloneFileInfo.getSourceIdentifier()));
         Path targetTableRootPath =
-                new Path(
-                        targetCatalog
-                                .getTable(
-                                        Identifier.fromString(cloneFileInfo.getTargetIdentifier()))
-                                .options()
-                                .get(PATH.key()));
+                targetCatalog.getDataTableLocation(
+                        Identifier.fromString(cloneFileInfo.getTargetIdentifier()));
 
         String filePathExcludeTableRoot = cloneFileInfo.getFilePathExcludeTableRoot();
         Path sourcePath = new Path(sourceTableRootPath + filePathExcludeTableRoot);