diff --git a/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp b/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp
index f876da02fd1..1349c166474 100644
--- a/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp
+++ b/src/TableFunctions/ITableFunctionFileLike.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
     extern const int LOGICAL_ERROR;
     extern const int NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH;
     extern const int INCORRECT_FILE_NAME;
+    extern const int BAD_ARGUMENTS;
 }
 
 void ITableFunctionFileLike::parseArguments(const ASTPtr & ast_function, const Context & context)
@@ -46,15 +47,18 @@ void ITableFunctionFileLike::parseArguments(const ASTPtr & ast_function, const C
 
     if (args.size() == 2 && getName() == "file")
     {
-        if (format != "Distributed")
-            throw Exception("Table function '" + getName() + "' allows 2 arguments only for Distributed format.", ErrorCodes::NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH);
+        if (format == "Distributed")
+            return;
+        throw Exception("Table function '" + getName() + "' allows 2 arguments only for Distributed format.", ErrorCodes::NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH);
     }
-    else if (args.size() != 3 && args.size() != 4)
+
+    if (args.size() != 3 && args.size() != 4)
         throw Exception("Table function '" + getName() + "' requires 3 or 4 arguments: filename, format, structure and compression method (default auto).",
             ErrorCodes::NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH);
 
-    if (args.size() > 2)
-        structure = args[2]->as<ASTLiteral &>().value.safeGet<String>();
+    structure = args[2]->as<ASTLiteral &>().value.safeGet<String>();
+    if (structure.empty())
+        throw Exception("Table structure is empty", ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS);
 
     if (args.size() == 4)
         compression_method = args[3]->as<ASTLiteral &>().value.safeGet<String>();