diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala
index 8ff7a1abd2d6b..99c9199e466f9 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala
@@ -1329,8 +1329,7 @@ private[client] class Shim_v3_0 extends Shim_v2_3 {
       isSrcLocal: Boolean): Unit = {
     val session = SparkSession.getActiveSession
     assert(session.nonEmpty)
-    val database = session.get.sessionState.catalog.getCurrentDatabase
-    val table = hive.getTable(database, tableName)
+    val table = hive.getTable(tableName)
     val loadFileType = if (replace) {
       clazzLoadFileType.getEnumConstants.find(_.toString.equalsIgnoreCase("REPLACE_ALL"))
     } else {