diff --git a/src/frontend/src/instance.rs b/src/frontend/src/instance.rs
index 81ebe805cb..4a21874df3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/instance.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/instance.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ use common_query::Output;
 use common_recordbatch::RecordBatches;
 use common_telemetry::logging::{debug, info};
 use datafusion::sql::sqlparser::ast::ObjectName;
-use datafusion_common::TableReference;
 use datanode::instance::sql::table_idents_to_full_name;
 use datanode::instance::InstanceRef as DnInstanceRef;
 use datatypes::schema::Schema;
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ use meta_client::client::{MetaClient, MetaClientBuilder};
 use meta_client::MetaClientOpts;
 use partition::manager::PartitionRuleManager;
 use partition::route::TableRoutes;
-use query::query_engine::options::QueryOptions;
+use query::query_engine::options::{validate_catalog_and_schema, QueryOptions};
 use servers::error as server_error;
 use servers::interceptor::{SqlQueryInterceptor, SqlQueryInterceptorRef};
 use servers::promql::{PromqlHandler, PromqlHandlerRef};
@@ -558,64 +557,34 @@ pub fn check_permission(
         Statement::ShowCreateTable(_) | Statement::Alter(_) => {}
 
         Statement::Insert(insert) => {
-            let (catalog, schema, _) =
-                table_idents_to_full_name(insert.table_name(), query_ctx.clone())
-                    .map_err(BoxedError::new)
-                    .context(ExternalSnafu)?;
-
-            validate_param(&catalog, &schema, query_ctx)?;
+            validate_param(insert.table_name(), query_ctx)?;
         }
         Statement::CreateTable(stmt) => {
-            let tab_ref = obj_name_to_tab_ref(&stmt.name)?;
-            validate_tab_ref(tab_ref, query_ctx)?;
+            validate_param(&stmt.name, query_ctx)?;
         }
         Statement::DropTable(drop_stmt) => {
-            let tab_ref = obj_name_to_tab_ref(drop_stmt.table_name())?;
-            validate_tab_ref(tab_ref, query_ctx)?;
+            validate_param(drop_stmt.table_name(), query_ctx)?;
         }
         Statement::ShowTables(stmt) => {
             if let Some(database) = &stmt.database {
-                validate_param(&query_ctx.current_catalog(), database, query_ctx)?;
+                validate_catalog_and_schema(&query_ctx.current_catalog(), database, query_ctx)
+                    .map_err(BoxedError::new)
+                    .context(SqlExecInterceptedSnafu)?;
             }
         }
         Statement::DescribeTable(stmt) => {
-            let tab_ref = obj_name_to_tab_ref(stmt.name())?;
-            validate_tab_ref(tab_ref, query_ctx)?;
+            validate_param(stmt.name(), query_ctx)?;
         }
     }
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn obj_name_to_tab_ref(obj: &ObjectName) -> Result<TableReference> {
-    match &obj.0[..] {
-        [table] => Ok(TableReference::Bare {
-            table: &table.value,
-        }),
-        [schema, table] => Ok(TableReference::Partial {
-            schema: &schema.value,
-            table: &table.value,
-        }),
-        [catalog, schema, table] => Ok(TableReference::Full {
-            catalog: &catalog.value,
-            schema: &schema.value,
-            table: &table.value,
-        }),
-        _ => error::InvalidSqlSnafu {
-            err_msg: format!(
-                "expect table name to be <catalog>.<schema>.<table>, <schema>.<table> or <table>, actual: {obj}",
-            ),
-        }.fail(),
-    }
-}
-
-fn validate_tab_ref(tab_ref: TableReference, query_ctx: &QueryContextRef) -> Result<()> {
-    query::query_engine::options::validate_table_references(tab_ref, query_ctx)
+fn validate_param(name: &ObjectName, query_ctx: &QueryContextRef) -> Result<()> {
+    let (catalog, schema, _) = table_idents_to_full_name(name, query_ctx.clone())
         .map_err(BoxedError::new)
-        .context(SqlExecInterceptedSnafu)
-}
+        .context(ExternalSnafu)?;
 
-fn validate_param(catalog: &str, schema: &str, query_ctx: &QueryContextRef) -> Result<()> {
-    query::query_engine::options::validate_catalog_and_schema(catalog, schema, query_ctx)
+    validate_catalog_and_schema(&catalog, &schema, query_ctx)
         .map_err(BoxedError::new)
         .context(SqlExecInterceptedSnafu)
 }
diff --git a/src/query/src/query_engine/options.rs b/src/query/src/query_engine/options.rs
index 4bf10401d7..00f584ad0d 100644
--- a/src/query/src/query_engine/options.rs
+++ b/src/query/src/query_engine/options.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct QueryOptions {
     pub disallow_cross_schema_query: bool,
 }
 
+// TODO(shuiyisong): remove one method after #559 is done
 pub fn validate_catalog_and_schema(
     catalog: &str,
     schema: &str,