diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
index 96c4ac310fba6..25ca186c65f04 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ final class DataFrameWriter[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) {
    */
   def save(path: String): Unit = {
     if (!df.sparkSession.sessionState.conf.legacyPathOptionBehavior &&
-        extraOptions.contains("path") && path.nonEmpty) {
+        extraOptions.contains("path")) {
       throw new AnalysisException("There is a 'path' option set and save() is called with a path " +
         "parameter. Either remove the path option, or call save() without the parameter. " +
         s"To ignore this check, set '${SQLConf.LEGACY_PATH_OPTION_BEHAVIOR.key}' to 'true'.")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala
index 4064df0b04d12..0c17dafeed683 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamReader.scala
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ final class DataStreamReader private[sql](sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Lo
    */
   def load(path: String): DataFrame = {
     if (!sparkSession.sessionState.conf.legacyPathOptionBehavior &&
-        extraOptions.contains("path") && path.nonEmpty) {
+        extraOptions.contains("path")) {
       throw new AnalysisException("There is a 'path' option set and load() is called with a path" +
         "parameter. Either remove the path option, or call load() without the parameter. " +
         s"To ignore this check, set '${SQLConf.LEGACY_PATH_OPTION_BEHAVIOR.key}' to 'true'.")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
index 45250c50a970e..491eef4e2dc5f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ final class DataStreamWriter[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) {
    */
   def start(path: String): StreamingQuery = {
     if (!df.sparkSession.sessionState.conf.legacyPathOptionBehavior &&
-        extraOptions.contains("path") && path.nonEmpty) {
+        extraOptions.contains("path")) {
       throw new AnalysisException("There is a 'path' option set and start() is called with a " +
         "path parameter. Either remove the path option, or call start() without the parameter. " +
         s"To ignore this check, set '${SQLConf.LEGACY_PATH_OPTION_BEHAVIOR.key}' to 'true'.")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala
index 8f34106d3d8f5..f04deb242ba5b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamReaderWriterSuite.scala
@@ -712,7 +712,9 @@ class DataStreamReaderWriterSuite extends StreamTest with BeforeAndAfter {
     }
 
     verifyLoadFails(spark.readStream.option("path", "tmp1").parquet("tmp2"))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.readStream.option("path", "tmp1").parquet(""))
     verifyLoadFails(spark.readStream.option("path", "tmp1").format("parquet").load("tmp2"))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.readStream.option("path", "tmp1").format("parquet").load(""))
 
     withClue("SPARK-32516: legacy behavior") {
       withSQLConf(SQLConf.LEGACY_PATH_OPTION_BEHAVIOR.key -> "true") {
@@ -731,24 +733,35 @@ class DataStreamReaderWriterSuite extends StreamTest with BeforeAndAfter {
       .format("org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.test")
       .load("tmp1")
 
-    val e = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+    def verifyStartFails(f: => StreamingQuery): Unit = {
+      val e = intercept[AnalysisException](f)
+      assert(e.getMessage.contains(
+        "Either remove the path option, or call start() without the parameter"))
+    }
+
+    verifyStartFails(
       df.writeStream
         .format("org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.test")
         .option("path", "tmp2")
-        .start("tmp3")
-        .stop()
-    }
-    assert(e.getMessage.contains(
-      "Either remove the path option, or call start() without the parameter"))
+        .start("tmp3"))
+    verifyStartFails(
+      df.writeStream
+        .format("org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.test")
+        .option("path", "tmp2")
+        .start(""))
 
     withClue("SPARK-32516: legacy behavior") {
-      withSQLConf(SQLConf.LEGACY_PATH_OPTION_BEHAVIOR.key -> "true") {
-        spark.readStream
-          .format("org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.test")
-          .option("path", "tmp4")
-          .load("tmp5")
-        // The legacy behavior overwrites the path option.
-        assert(LastOptions.parameters("path") == "tmp5")
+      withTempDir { checkpointPath =>
+        withSQLConf(SQLConf.LEGACY_PATH_OPTION_BEHAVIOR.key -> "true",
+          SQLConf.CHECKPOINT_LOCATION.key -> checkpointPath.getAbsolutePath) {
+          val query = df.writeStream
+            .format("org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.test")
+            .option("path", "tmp4")
+            .start("tmp5")
+          // The legacy behavior overwrites the path option.
+          assert(LastOptions.parameters("path") == "tmp5")
+          query.stop()
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
index c84d361024309..c4ca85d6237b2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
@@ -1135,17 +1135,21 @@ class DataFrameReaderWriterSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with
   }
 
   test("SPARK-32516: 'path' or 'paths' option cannot coexist with load()'s path parameters") {
-    def verifyLoadFails(f: () => DataFrame): Unit = {
-      val e = intercept[AnalysisException](f())
+    def verifyLoadFails(f: => DataFrame): Unit = {
+      val e = intercept[AnalysisException](f)
       assert(e.getMessage.contains(
         "Either remove the path option if it's the same as the path parameter"))
     }
 
     val path = "/tmp"
-    verifyLoadFails(() => spark.read.option("path", path).parquet(path))
-    verifyLoadFails(() => spark.read.option("path", path).format("parquet").load(path))
-    verifyLoadFails(() => spark.read.option("paths", path).parquet(path))
-    verifyLoadFails(() => spark.read.option("paths", path).format("parquet").load(path))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("path", path).parquet(path))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("path", path).parquet(""))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("path", path).format("parquet").load(path))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("path", path).format("parquet").load(""))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("paths", path).parquet(path))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("paths", path).parquet(""))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("paths", path).format("parquet").load(path))
+    verifyLoadFails(spark.read.option("paths", path).format("parquet").load(""))
   }
 
   test("SPARK-32516: legacy path option behavior in load()") {
@@ -1182,6 +1186,8 @@ class DataFrameReaderWriterSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with
     val df = Seq(1).toDF
     val path = "tmp"
     verifyLoadFails(df.write.option("path", path).parquet(path))
+    verifyLoadFails(df.write.option("path", path).parquet(""))
     verifyLoadFails(df.write.option("path", path).format("parquet").save(path))
+    verifyLoadFails(df.write.option("path", path).format("parquet").save(""))
   }
 }