diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/processor/maxwell/MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/processor/maxwell/MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java
index 42e2556ea59fa..e008c04e33d1c 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/processor/maxwell/MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/processor/maxwell/MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.common.config.TypedProperties;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.model.HoodieRecord;
 import org.apache.hudi.common.util.DateTimeUtils;
+import org.apache.hudi.common.util.Option;
 import org.apache.hudi.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.exception.HoodieSourcePostProcessException;
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.processor.JsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor;
@@ -29,8 +30,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
-import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -49,12 +48,15 @@
  */
 public class MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor extends JsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor {
 
-  private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.class);
-
   private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
 
+  private final Option<String> databaseRegex;
+  private final String tableRegex;
+
   public MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor(TypedProperties props) {
     super(props);
+    databaseRegex = Option.ofNullable(props.getString(Config.DATABASE_NAME_REGEX_PROP.key(), null));
+    tableRegex = props.getString(Config.TABLE_NAME_REGEX_PROP.key());
   }
 
   // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -111,9 +113,6 @@ public JavaRDD<String> process(JavaRDD<String> maxwellJsonRecords) {
 
       // filter out target databases and tables
       if (isTargetTable(database, table)) {
-
-        LOG.info(String.format("Maxwell source processor starts process table : %s.%s", database, table));
-
         ObjectNode result = (ObjectNode) inputJson.get(DATA);
         String type = inputJson.get(OPERATION_TYPE).textValue();
 
@@ -182,9 +181,11 @@ private String processDelete(JsonNode inputJson, ObjectNode result) {
    * @param table    table the data belong to
    */
   private boolean isTargetTable(String database, String table) {
-    String databaseRegex = this.props.getString(Config.DATABASE_NAME_REGEX_PROP.key());
-    String tableRegex = this.props.getString(Config.TABLE_NAME_REGEX_PROP.key());
-    return Pattern.matches(databaseRegex, database) && Pattern.matches(tableRegex, table);
+    if (!databaseRegex.isPresent()) {
+      return Pattern.matches(tableRegex, table);
+    } else {
+      return Pattern.matches(databaseRegex.get(), database) && Pattern.matches(tableRegex, table);
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/TestJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/TestJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java
index 80ac2f921ecd5..1d80b68449c79 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/TestJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/TestJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.java
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ public void testMaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor() throws IOException {
         + "\"name\":\"andy\",\"age\":17,\"insert_time\":\"2022-03-12 08:31:56\","
         + "\"update_time\":\"2022-03-12 08:31:56\"}}";
 
+    // database hudi_02, table hudi_maxwell_01, insert
+    String hudi02Maxwell01Insert = "{\"database\":\"hudi_02\",\"table\":\"hudi_maxwell_01\",\"type\":\"insert\","
+        + "\"ts\":1647073916,\"xid\":4990,\"commit\":true,\"data\":{\"id\":\"9bb17f316ee8488cb107621ddf0f3cb0\","
+        + "\"name\":\"andy\",\"age\":17,\"insert_time\":\"2022-03-12 08:31:56\","
+        + "\"update_time\":\"2022-03-12 08:31:56\"}}";
+
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     //  Tests
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -248,6 +254,14 @@ public void testMaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor() throws IOException {
     // ddl data will be ignored, ths count should be 0
     long ddlDataNum = processor.process(ddlData).count();
     assertEquals(0, ddlDataNum);
+
+    // test table regex without database regex
+    props.remove(MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.Config.DATABASE_NAME_REGEX_PROP.key());
+    props.setProperty(MaxwellJsonKafkaSourcePostProcessor.Config.TABLE_NAME_REGEX_PROP.key(), "hudi_maxwell(_)?[0-9]{0,2}");
+
+    JavaRDD<String> dataWithoutDatabaseRegex = jsc().parallelize(Arrays.asList(hudiMaxwell01Insert, hudi02Maxwell01Insert));
+    long countWithoutDatabaseRegex = processor.process(dataWithoutDatabaseRegex).count();
+    assertEquals(2, countWithoutDatabaseRegex);
   }
 
   /**