diff --git a/be/src/exec/broker_scan_node.cpp b/be/src/exec/broker_scan_node.cpp
index 3cf999a31c..e107e39d8d 100644
--- a/be/src/exec/broker_scan_node.cpp
+++ b/be/src/exec/broker_scan_node.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,11 @@ Status BrokerScanNode::scanner_scan(
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (scan_range.params.__isset.partition_ids) {
+            // The reason we check if partition_expr_ctxs is empty is when loading data to
+            // a unpartitioned table who has no partition_expr_ctxs, user can specify
+            // a partition name. And we check here to aovid this check and make our
+            // process run as normal
+            if (scan_range.params.__isset.partition_ids && !partition_expr_ctxs.empty()) {
                 int64_t partition_id = get_partition_id(partition_expr_ctxs, row);
                 if (partition_id == -1 || 
                         !std::binary_search(scan_range.params.partition_ids.begin(), 
diff --git a/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/load/Load.java b/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/load/Load.java
index e60cbd8a98..e8b679f177 100644
--- a/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/load/Load.java
+++ b/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/load/Load.java
@@ -667,6 +667,13 @@ public class Load {
                 throw new DdlException("Table [" + tableName + "] is not olap table");
             }
 
+            // check partition
+            if (dataDescription.getPartitionNames() != null &&
+                    !dataDescription.getPartitionNames().isEmpty() &&
+                    ((OlapTable) table).getPartitionInfo().getType() == PartitionType.UNPARTITIONED) {
+                ErrorReport.reportDdlException(ErrorCode.ERR_PARTITION_CLAUSE_NO_ALLOWED);
+            }
+
             if (((OlapTable) table).getState() == OlapTableState.RESTORE) {
                 throw new DdlException("Table [" + tableName + "] is under restore");
             }