diff --git a/ddl/integration_test.go b/ddl/integration_test.go
index 17e4ab14cb..f26620aec9 100644
--- a/ddl/integration_test.go
+++ b/ddl/integration_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/juju/errors"
 	. "github.com/pingcap/check"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/domain"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/session"
@@ -76,6 +77,25 @@ func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestInvalidDefault(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(terror.ErrorEqual(err, types.ErrInvalidDefault), IsTrue)
 }
 
+// for issue #3848
+func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestInvalidNameWhenCreateTable(c *C) {
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
+
+	tk.MustExec("USE test;")
+
+	_, err := tk.Exec("create table t(xxx.t.a bigint)")
+	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(terror.ErrorEqual(err, ddl.ErrWrongDBName), IsTrue)
+
+	_, err = tk.Exec("create table t(test.tttt.a bigint)")
+	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(terror.ErrorEqual(err, ddl.ErrWrongTableName), IsTrue)
+
+	_, err = tk.Exec("create table t(t.tttt.a bigint)")
+	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+	c.Assert(terror.ErrorEqual(err, ddl.ErrWrongDBName), IsTrue)
+}
+
 func newStoreWithBootstrap() (kv.Storage, *domain.Domain, error) {
 	store, err := mockstore.NewMockTikvStore()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plan/preprocess.go b/plan/preprocess.go
index 2d2f50b5f3..204f69342a 100644
--- a/plan/preprocess.go
+++ b/plan/preprocess.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func (p *preprocessor) Leave(in ast.Node) (out ast.Node, ok bool) {
 	case *ast.CreateTableStmt:
 		p.inCreateOrDropTable = false
 		p.checkAutoIncrement(x)
+		p.checkContainDotColumn(x)
 	case *ast.DropTableStmt, *ast.AlterTableStmt, *ast.RenameTableStmt:
 		p.inCreateOrDropTable = false
 	case *ast.ParamMarkerExpr:
@@ -238,7 +239,6 @@ func (p *preprocessor) checkCreateTableGrammar(stmt *ast.CreateTableStmt) {
 		p.err = ddl.ErrWrongTableName.GenByArgs(tName)
 		return
 	}
-	p.checkContainDotColumn(stmt)
 	countPrimaryKey := 0
 	for _, colDef := range stmt.Cols {
 		if err := checkColumn(colDef); err != nil {
@@ -496,9 +496,14 @@ func isIncorrectName(name string) bool {
 // for example :create table t (c1.c2 int default null).
 func (p *preprocessor) checkContainDotColumn(stmt *ast.CreateTableStmt) {
 	tName := stmt.Table.Name.String()
+	sName := stmt.Table.Schema.String()
 
 	for _, colDef := range stmt.Cols {
-		// check table name.
+		// check schema and table names.
+		if colDef.Name.Schema.O != sName && len(colDef.Name.Schema.O) != 0 {
+			p.err = ddl.ErrWrongDBName.GenByArgs(colDef.Name.Schema.O)
+			return
+		}
 		if colDef.Name.Table.O != tName && len(colDef.Name.Table.O) != 0 {
 			p.err = ddl.ErrWrongTableName.GenByArgs(colDef.Name.Table.O)
 			return