diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/catalog/HoodieCatalog.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/catalog/HoodieCatalog.scala
index 8cb2b1df6bb31..53a1a4c177eb7 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/catalog/HoodieCatalog.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark3/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/catalog/HoodieCatalog.scala
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@ class HoodieCatalog extends DelegatingCatalogExtension
                            schema: StructType,
                            partitions: Array[Transform],
                            properties: util.Map[String, String]): Table = {
-    createHoodieTable(ident, schema, partitions, properties, Map.empty, Option.empty, TableCreationMode.CREATE)
+    if (sparkAdapter.isHoodieTable(properties)) {
+      createHoodieTable(ident, schema, partitions, properties, Map.empty, Option.empty, TableCreationMode.CREATE)
+    } else {
+      super.createTable(ident, schema, partitions, properties)
+    }
   }
 
   override def tableExists(ident: Identifier): Boolean = super.tableExists(ident)