diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala
index 0f5f1591623a..e9b8fae7cd73 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/DataSource.scala
@@ -378,8 +378,6 @@ case class DataSource(
 
       // This is a non-streaming file based datasource.
       case (format: FileFormat, _) =>
-        val globbedPaths =
-          checkAndGlobPathIfNecessary(checkEmptyGlobPath = true, checkFilesExist = checkFilesExist)
         val useCatalogFileIndex = sparkSession.sqlContext.conf.manageFilesourcePartitions &&
           catalogTable.isDefined && catalogTable.get.tracksPartitionsInCatalog &&
           catalogTable.get.partitionColumnNames.nonEmpty
@@ -391,6 +389,8 @@ case class DataSource(
             catalogTable.get.stats.map(_.sizeInBytes.toLong).getOrElse(defaultTableSize))
           (index, catalogTable.get.dataSchema, catalogTable.get.partitionSchema)
         } else {
+          val globbedPaths = checkAndGlobPathIfNecessary(
+            checkEmptyGlobPath = true, checkFilesExist = checkFilesExist)
           val index = createInMemoryFileIndex(globbedPaths)
           val (resultDataSchema, resultPartitionSchema) =
             getOrInferFileFormatSchema(format, () => index)