diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/TableMetadata.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/TableMetadata.cpp
index e07c6a31e97..a489e5ba92e 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/TableMetadata.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/TableMetadata.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ namespace DB
 {
     void TableMetadata::loadFromContext(const Context & context)
     {
+        if (!context.isTableExist(database, table))
+            return;
+
         StoragePtr storage = context.getTable(database, table);
         const ColumnsDescription & table_columns = storage->getColumns();
         column_defaults = table_columns.defaults;