diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergUtil.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergUtil.java
index c84df4591fbb..d02d55746e32 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergUtil.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergUtil.java
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@
 import static org.apache.iceberg.LocationProviders.locationsFor;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.DEFAULT_FILE_FORMAT;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.DEFAULT_FILE_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.OBJECT_STORE_PATH;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.WRITE_DATA_LOCATION;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.WRITE_LOCATION_PROVIDER_IMPL;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.WRITE_METADATA_LOCATION;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties.WRITE_NEW_DATA_LOCATION;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.TypeID.BINARY;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.TypeID.FIXED;
 
@@ -403,4 +407,15 @@ public static Transaction newCreateTableTransaction(TrinoCatalog catalog, Connec
 
         return catalog.newCreateTableTransaction(session, schemaTableName, schema, partitionSpec, targetPath, propertiesBuilder.buildOrThrow());
     }
+
+    public static void validateTableCanBeDropped(Table table)
+    {
+        // TODO: support path override in Iceberg table creation: https://github.com/trinodb/trino/issues/8861
+        if (table.properties().containsKey(OBJECT_STORE_PATH) ||
+                table.properties().containsKey(WRITE_NEW_DATA_LOCATION) ||
+                table.properties().containsKey(WRITE_METADATA_LOCATION) ||
+                table.properties().containsKey(WRITE_DATA_LOCATION)) {
+            throw new TrinoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Table contains Iceberg path override properties and cannot be dropped from Trino: " + table.name());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TrinoHiveCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TrinoHiveCatalog.java
index c4701f64784b..4c8e0dfa553d 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TrinoHiveCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TrinoHiveCatalog.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergTableProperties.PARTITIONING_PROPERTY;
 import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergUtil.getIcebergTableWithMetadata;
 import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergUtil.loadIcebergTable;
+import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergUtil.validateTableCanBeDropped;
 import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.PartitionFields.toPartitionFields;
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.ALREADY_EXISTS;
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.INVALID_SCHEMA_PROPERTY;
@@ -309,15 +310,9 @@ public List<SchemaTableName> listTables(ConnectorSession session, Optional<Strin
     @Override
     public void dropTable(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName schemaTableName)
     {
-        // TODO: support path override in Iceberg table creation: https://github.com/trinodb/trino/issues/8861
         BaseTable table = (BaseTable) loadTable(session, schemaTableName);
         TableMetadata metadata = table.operations().current();
-        if (table.properties().containsKey(OBJECT_STORE_PATH) ||
-                table.properties().containsKey(WRITE_NEW_DATA_LOCATION) ||
-                table.properties().containsKey(WRITE_METADATA_LOCATION) ||
-                table.properties().containsKey(WRITE_DATA_LOCATION)) {
-            throw new TrinoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Table " + schemaTableName + " contains Iceberg path override properties and cannot be dropped from Trino");
-        }
+        validateTableCanBeDropped(table);
 
         io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.Table metastoreTable = metastore.getTable(schemaTableName.getSchemaName(), schemaTableName.getTableName())
                 .orElseThrow(() -> new TableNotFoundException(schemaTableName));