diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala
index 03eed251763b..5062da19e5d5 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSourceStrategy.scala
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class FindDataSourceTable(sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Rule[LogicalPlan]
         options = table.storage.properties ++ pathOption)
 
     LogicalRelation(
-      dataSource.resolveRelation(),
+      dataSource.resolveRelation(checkFilesExist = false),
       expectedOutputAttributes = Some(simpleCatalogRelation.output),
       catalogTable = Some(table))
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
index c0f583e5f707..d7fa0b5a01b3 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
@@ -1760,4 +1760,122 @@ class DDLSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext with BeforeAndAfterEach {
     val rows: Seq[Row] = df.toLocalIterator().asScala.toSeq
     assert(rows.length > 0)
   }
+
+  test("insert data to a data source table which has a not existed location should succeed") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      withTempDir { dir =>
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |CREATE TABLE t(a string, b int)
+             |USING parquet
+             |OPTIONS(path "$dir")
+           """.stripMargin)
+        val table = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("t"))
+        val expectedPath = dir.getAbsolutePath
+        assert(table.location == expectedPath)
+
+        dir.delete
+        val tableLocFile = new File(table.location.stripPrefix("file:"))
+        assert(!tableLocFile.exists)
+        spark.sql("INSERT INTO TABLE t SELECT 'c', 1")
+        assert(tableLocFile.exists)
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row("c", 1) :: Nil)
+
+        Utils.deleteRecursively(dir)
+        assert(!tableLocFile.exists)
+        spark.sql("INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE t SELECT 'c', 1")
+        assert(tableLocFile.exists)
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row("c", 1) :: Nil)
+
+        val newDir = new File(dir, "x")
+        spark.sql(s"ALTER TABLE t SET LOCATION '$newDir'")
+        spark.sessionState.catalog.refreshTable(TableIdentifier("t"))
+
+        val table1 = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("t"))
+        assert(table1.location == newDir.getAbsolutePath)
+        assert(!newDir.exists)
+
+        spark.sql("INSERT INTO TABLE t SELECT 'c', 1")
+        assert(newDir.exists)
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row("c", 1) :: Nil)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("insert into a data source table with no existed partition location should succeed") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      withTempDir { dir =>
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |CREATE TABLE t(a int, b int, c int, d int)
+             |USING parquet
+             |OPTIONS(path '$dir')
+             |PARTITIONED BY(a, b)
+           """.stripMargin)
+        val table = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("t"))
+        val expectedPath = dir.getAbsolutePath
+        assert(table.location == expectedPath)
+
+        spark.sql("INSERT INTO TABLE t PARTITION(a=1, b=2) SELECT 3, 4")
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(3, 4, 1, 2) :: Nil)
+
+        val partLoc = new File(dir, "a=1")
+        Utils.deleteRecursively(partLoc)
+        assert(!partLoc.exists())
+        // insert overwrite into a partition which location has been deleted.
+        spark.sql("INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE t PARTITION(a=1, b=2) SELECT 7, 8")
+        assert(partLoc.exists())
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(7, 8, 1, 2) :: Nil)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("read data from a data source table which has a not existed location should succeed") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      withTempDir { dir =>
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |CREATE TABLE t(a string, b int)
+             |USING parquet
+             |OPTIONS(path "$dir")
+           """.stripMargin)
+        val table = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("t"))
+        val expectedPath = dir.getAbsolutePath
+        assert(table.location == expectedPath)
+
+        dir.delete()
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Nil)
+
+        val newDir = new File(dir, "x")
+        spark.sql(s"ALTER TABLE t SET LOCATION '$newDir'")
+
+        val table1 = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(TableIdentifier("t"))
+        assert(table1.location == newDir.getAbsolutePath)
+        assert(!newDir.exists())
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Nil)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("read data from a data source table with no existed partition location should succeed") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      withTempDir { dir =>
+        spark.sql(
+          s"""
+             |CREATE TABLE t(a int, b int, c int, d int)
+             |USING parquet
+             |OPTIONS(path "$dir")
+             |PARTITIONED BY(a, b)
+           """.stripMargin)
+        spark.sql("INSERT INTO TABLE t PARTITION(a=1, b=2) SELECT 3, 4")
+        checkAnswer(spark.table("t"), Row(3, 4, 1, 2) :: Nil)
+
+        // select from a partition which location has been deleted.
+        Utils.deleteRecursively(dir)
+        assert(!dir.exists())
+        spark.sql("REFRESH TABLE t")
+        checkAnswer(spark.sql("select * from t where a=1 and b=2"), Nil)
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }