diff --git a/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/lookup/LookupTableToHFileJob.java b/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/lookup/LookupTableToHFileJob.java
index 0135a2204..b1b6fa802 100644
--- a/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/lookup/LookupTableToHFileJob.java
+++ b/storage-hbase/src/main/java/org/apache/kylin/storage/hbase/lookup/LookupTableToHFileJob.java
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ public class LookupTableToHFileJob extends AbstractHadoopJob {
         logger.info("remove related HBase table:{} for snapshot:{}", hTableName, lookupSnapshotID);
         Connection conn = getHBaseConnection(kylinConfig);
         Admin admin = conn.getAdmin();
+        if(admin.isTableEnabled(TableName.valueOf(hTableName)))
+            admin.disableTable(TableName.valueOf(hTableName));
         admin.deleteTable(TableName.valueOf(hTableName));
     }