diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala
index 8f4ce74a2ea38086cd509fa981fc90f631061ca9..3b775c3ca87b89543fa123dcd03199f1bff9af7d 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class SimpleCatalog(val conf: CatalystConf) extends Catalog {
     val tableName = getTableName(tableIdent)
     val table = tables.get(tableName)
     if (table == null) {
-      throw new NoSuchTableException
+      throw new AnalysisException("Table not found: " + tableName)
     }
     val tableWithQualifiers = Subquery(tableName, table)
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CachedTableSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CachedTableSuite.scala
index d86df4cfb9b4d3c6f9726a24ad820868a7e27afd..6b735bcf161048c79c6511ed9eddc95f75375fb0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CachedTableSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/CachedTableSuite.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql
 
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.NoSuchTableException
+
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.Exchange
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.PhysicalRDD
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class CachedTableSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with SharedSQLContext
     testData.select('key).registerTempTable("t1")
     sqlContext.table("t1")
     sqlContext.dropTempTable("t1")
-    intercept[NoSuchTableException](sqlContext.table("t1"))
+    intercept[AnalysisException](sqlContext.table("t1"))
   }
 
   test("Drops cached temporary table") {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class CachedTableSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with SharedSQLContext
     assert(sqlContext.isCached("t2"))
 
     sqlContext.dropTempTable("t1")
-    intercept[NoSuchTableException](sqlContext.table("t1"))
+    intercept[AnalysisException](sqlContext.table("t1"))
     assert(!sqlContext.isCached("t2"))
   }