diff --git a/spark/v3.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java b/spark/v3.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
index 4031b89218d0..2db252decbf0 100644
--- a/spark/v3.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
+++ b/spark/v3.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ private boolean requiresRewrite(Filter filter, Schema schema, Set<Integer> ident
 
   @Override
   public void deleteWhere(Filter[] filters) {
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(
+        snapshotId == null,
+        "Cannot delete from table at a specific snapshot: %s", snapshotId);
+
     Expression deleteExpr = SparkFilters.convert(filters);
 
     if (deleteExpr == Expressions.alwaysFalse()) {
diff --git a/spark/v3.0/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/sql/TestDeleteFrom.java b/spark/v3.0/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/sql/TestDeleteFrom.java
index cce987a781c0..75b7653fdb46 100644
--- a/spark/v3.0/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/sql/TestDeleteFrom.java
+++ b/spark/v3.0/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/sql/TestDeleteFrom.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public void testDeleteFromUnpartitionedTable() throws NoSuchTableException {
         0L, scalarSql("SELECT count(1) FROM %s", tableName));
   }
 
+  @Test
   public void testDeleteFromTableAtSnapshot() throws NoSuchTableException {
     Assume.assumeFalse(
         "Spark session catalog does not support extended table names",