diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
index d98ea6170ec..ec9be3bf436 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeData.cpp
@@ -2328,6 +2328,9 @@ MergeTreeData::DataPartsVector MergeTreeData::removePartsInRangeFromWorkingSet(c
 
     for (const DataPartPtr & part : partition_range)
     {
+        if (part->info.partition_id != drop_range.partition_id)
+            throw Exception("Unexpected partition_id of part " + part->name + ". This is a bug.", ErrorCodes::LOGICAL_ERROR);
+
         /// It's a DROP PART and it's already executed by fetching some covering part
         if (part->info != drop_range && part->info.contains(drop_range))
         {
@@ -2335,9 +2338,6 @@ MergeTreeData::DataPartsVector MergeTreeData::removePartsInRangeFromWorkingSet(c
             return {};
         }
 
-        if (part->info.partition_id != drop_range.partition_id)
-            throw Exception("Unexpected partition_id of part " + part->name + ". This is a bug.", ErrorCodes::LOGICAL_ERROR);
-
         if (part->info.min_block < drop_range.min_block)
         {
             if (drop_range.min_block <= part->info.max_block)