diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/RefreshManager.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/RefreshManager.java
index d017ba7829fd1a..52694e5a5bdffb 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/RefreshManager.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/RefreshManager.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public void replayRefreshCatalog(CatalogLog log) {
     private void refreshCatalogInternal(CatalogIf catalog, boolean invalidCache) {
         String catalogName = catalog.getName();
         if (!catalogName.equals(InternalCatalog.INTERNAL_CATALOG_NAME)) {
-            ((ExternalCatalog) catalog).onRefresh(invalidCache);
+            ((ExternalCatalog) catalog).onRefreshCache(invalidCache);
             LOG.info("refresh catalog {} with invalidCache {}", catalogName, invalidCache);
         }
     }
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/ExternalCatalog.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/ExternalCatalog.java
index b6e94c3d39d556..7f8c0c71b51b16 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/ExternalCatalog.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/ExternalCatalog.java
@@ -388,6 +388,15 @@ public void onRefresh(boolean invalidCache) {
         synchronized (this.propLock) {
             this.convertedProperties = null;
         }
+
+        refreshOnlyCatalogCache(invalidCache);
+    }
+
+    public void onRefreshCache(boolean invalidCache) {
+        refreshOnlyCatalogCache(invalidCache);
+    }
+
+    private void refreshOnlyCatalogCache(boolean invalidCache) {
         if (useMetaCache.isPresent()) {
             if (useMetaCache.get() && metaCache != null) {
                 metaCache.invalidateAll();
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HiveMetadataOps.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HiveMetadataOps.java
index dcfc6d1ad33f90..e855affc31a9de 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HiveMetadataOps.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HiveMetadataOps.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void createDb(CreateDbStmt stmt) throws DdlException {
             catalogDatabase.setProperties(properties);
             catalogDatabase.setComment(properties.getOrDefault("comment", ""));
             client.createDatabase(catalogDatabase);
-            catalog.onRefresh(true);
+            catalog.onRefreshCache(true);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public void dropDb(DropDbStmt stmt) throws DdlException {
         }
         try {
             client.dropDatabase(dbName);
-            catalog.onRefresh(true);
+            catalog.onRefreshCache(true);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergMetadataOps.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergMetadataOps.java
index a6933f83d76d50..dd4792715e8b1f 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergMetadataOps.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/iceberg/IcebergMetadataOps.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public void createDb(CreateDbStmt stmt) throws DdlException {
             }
         }
         nsCatalog.createNamespace(Namespace.of(dbName), properties);
-        dorisCatalog.onRefresh(true);
+        dorisCatalog.onRefreshCache(true);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public void dropDb(DropDbStmt stmt) throws DdlException {
         }
         SupportsNamespaces nsCatalog = (SupportsNamespaces) catalog;
         nsCatalog.dropNamespace(Namespace.of(dbName));
-        dorisCatalog.onRefresh(true);
+        dorisCatalog.onRefreshCache(true);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/jdbc/JdbcExternalCatalog.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/jdbc/JdbcExternalCatalog.java
index 73b6639c7b95fd..80cc0f554f637e 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/jdbc/JdbcExternalCatalog.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/jdbc/JdbcExternalCatalog.java
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ public void onRefresh(boolean invalidCache) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void onRefreshCache(boolean invalidCache) {
+        onRefresh(invalidCache);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onClose() {
         super.onClose();
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/RefreshCatalogTest.java b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/RefreshCatalogTest.java
index 439385993f901b..b51d6b19be507e 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/RefreshCatalogTest.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/RefreshCatalogTest.java
@@ -155,18 +155,7 @@ public void testRefreshCatalogLastUpdateTime() throws Exception {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // Do nothing
         }
-        Assertions.assertFalse(((ExternalCatalog) test2).isInitialized());
-        table.makeSureInitialized();
         Assertions.assertTrue(((ExternalCatalog) test2).isInitialized());
-        // table.makeSureInitialized() triggered init method
-        long l4 = test2.getLastUpdateTime();
-        Assertions.assertTrue(l4 > l3);
-        try {
-            DdlExecutor.execute(Env.getCurrentEnv(), refreshCatalogStmt);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            // Do nothing
-        }
-        Assertions.assertFalse(((ExternalCatalog) test2).isInitialized());
     }
 
     public static class RefreshCatalogProvider implements TestExternalCatalog.TestCatalogProvider {