diff --git a/tajo-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tajo/engine/planner/PreLogicalPlanVerifier.java b/tajo-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tajo/engine/planner/PreLogicalPlanVerifier.java
index 75dcc18180..7f5200d8e8 100644
--- a/tajo-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tajo/engine/planner/PreLogicalPlanVerifier.java
+++ b/tajo-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tajo/engine/planner/PreLogicalPlanVerifier.java
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ public Expr visitInsert(Context context, Stack<Expr> stack, Insert expr) throws
           }
 
           TableDesc table = catalog.getTableDesc(qualifiedName);
+          if (table == null) {
+            context.state.addVerification(String.format("relation \"%s\" does not exist", qualifiedName));
+            return null;
+          }
           if (table.hasPartition()) {
             int columnSize = table.getSchema().getColumns().size();
             columnSize += table.getPartitionMethod().getExpressionSchema().getColumns().size();