diff --git a/src/Parsers/ParserBackupQuery.cpp b/src/Parsers/ParserBackupQuery.cpp
index 6d2f4d8311d..f6993fdb811 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ParserBackupQuery.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/ParserBackupQuery.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <Parsers/ParserPartition.h>
 #include <Parsers/ParserSetQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/parseDatabaseAndTableName.h>
+#include <Common/Exception.h>
 #include <Common/assert_cast.h>
 #include <boost/range/algorithm_ext/erase.hpp>
 
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@
 namespace DB
 {
 
+namespace ErrorCodes
+{
+    extern const int SYNTAX_ERROR;
+}
+
 namespace
 {
     using Kind = ASTBackupQuery::Kind;
@@ -78,19 +84,20 @@ namespace
             auto parse_list_element = [&]
             {
                 DatabaseAndTableName table_name;
-                if (database_name)
-                {
-                    ASTPtr ast;
-                    if (!ParserIdentifier{}.parse(pos, ast, expected))
-                        return false;
+
+                if (!parseDatabaseAndTableName(pos, expected, table_name.first, table_name.second))
+                    return false;
+
+                if (database_name && table_name.first.empty())
                     table_name.first = *database_name;
-                    table_name.second = getIdentifierName(ast);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    if (!parseDatabaseAndTableName(pos, expected, table_name.first, table_name.second))
-                        return false;
-                }
+
+                if (database_name && table_name.first != *database_name)
+                    throw Exception(
+                        ErrorCodes::SYNTAX_ERROR,
+                        "Database name in EXCEPT TABLES clause doesn't match the database name in DATABASE clause: {} != {}",
+                        table_name.first,
+                        *database_name
+                    );
 
                 result.emplace(std::move(table_name));
                 return true;