diff --git a/src/Parsers/ParserSelectQuery.cpp b/src/Parsers/ParserSelectQuery.cpp
index f72259aad67..9fdf39ef50b 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ParserSelectQuery.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/ParserSelectQuery.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ bool ParserSelectQuery::parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected)
         {
             select_query->recursive_with = s_recursive.ignore(pos, expected);
 
-            if (!ParserList(std::make_unique<ParserWithElement>(), std::make_unique<ParserToken>(TokenType::Comma))
+            if (!ParserList(std::make_unique<ParserWithElement>(select_query->recursive_with), std::make_unique<ParserToken>(TokenType::Comma))
                      .parse(pos, with_expression_list, expected))
                 return false;
             if (with_expression_list->children.empty())
diff --git a/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.cpp b/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.cpp
index 5b31c929685..95eda721ef8 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ bool ParserWithElement::parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected)
         with_element->children.push_back(with_element->subquery);
         node = with_element;
     }
+    else if (with_recursive)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
     else
     {
         pos = old_pos;
diff --git a/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.h b/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.h
index 75ad11f5deb..fe3628193b9 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.h
+++ b/src/Parsers/ParserWithElement.h
@@ -10,9 +10,14 @@ namespace DB
   */
 class ParserWithElement : public IParserBase
 {
+public:
+    explicit ParserWithElement(bool with_recursive_ = false) : with_recursive(with_recursive_) {}
 protected:
     const char * getName() const override { return "WITH element"; }
     bool parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected) override;
+
+    /// for `WITH RECURSIVE` CTE, we don't allow expression with alias.
+    bool with_recursive;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03237_create_table_select_as_with_recursive.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03237_create_table_select_as_with_recursive.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03237_create_table_select_as_with_recursive.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03237_create_table_select_as_with_recursive.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d7864f90ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03237_create_table_select_as_with_recursive.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+drop table if exists t;
+create view t AS (WITH RECURSIVE 42 as ttt SELECT ttt) -- { clientError SYNTAX_ERROR };