diff --git a/src/frontend/src/catalog.rs b/src/frontend/src/catalog.rs
index 58a58d62a1..8abeb3f96e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/catalog.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ impl FrontendCatalogManager {
         self.datanode_clients.clone()
     }
 
+    pub async fn invalidate_schema(&self, catalog: &str, schema: &str) {
+        let schema_key = SchemaKey {
+            catalog_name: catalog.into(),
+            schema_name: schema.into(),
+        }
+        .to_string();
+
+        let key = schema_key.as_bytes();
+
+        self.backend_cache_invalidtor.invalidate_key(key).await;
+    }
+
     pub async fn invalidate_table(&self, catalog: &str, schema: &str, table: &str) {
         let tg_key = TableGlobalKey {
             catalog_name: catalog.into(),
@@ -263,6 +275,7 @@ impl CatalogManager for FrontendCatalogManager {
             catalog_name: catalog.to_string(),
         }
         .to_string();
+
         Ok(self.backend.get(key.as_bytes()).await?.map(|_| {
             Arc::new(FrontendCatalogProvider {
                 catalog_name: catalog.to_string(),
@@ -340,18 +353,27 @@ impl CatalogProvider for FrontendCatalogProvider {
     }
 
     async fn schema(&self, name: &str) -> catalog::error::Result<Option<SchemaProviderRef>> {
-        let all_schemas = self.schema_names().await?;
-        if all_schemas.contains(&name.to_string()) {
-            Ok(Some(Arc::new(FrontendSchemaProvider {
-                catalog_name: self.catalog_name.clone(),
+        let catalog = &self.catalog_name;
+
+        let schema_key = SchemaKey {
+            catalog_name: catalog.clone(),
+            schema_name: name.to_string(),
+        }
+        .to_string();
+
+        let val = self.backend.get(schema_key.as_bytes()).await?;
+
+        let provider = val.map(|_| {
+            Arc::new(FrontendSchemaProvider {
+                catalog_name: catalog.clone(),
                 schema_name: name.to_string(),
                 backend: self.backend.clone(),
                 partition_manager: self.partition_manager.clone(),
                 datanode_clients: self.datanode_clients.clone(),
-            })))
-        } else {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
+            }) as Arc<dyn SchemaProvider>
+        });
+
+        Ok(provider)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/instance/distributed.rs b/src/frontend/src/instance/distributed.rs
index fbeecdb5b4..8d5cb9289d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/instance/distributed.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/instance/distributed.rs
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ impl DistInstance {
         }
 
         let key = SchemaKey {
-            catalog_name: catalog,
-            schema_name: expr.database_name,
+            catalog_name: catalog.clone(),
+            schema_name: expr.database_name.clone(),
         };
         let value = SchemaValue {};
         let client = self
@@ -475,10 +475,12 @@ impl DistInstance {
         let request = CompareAndPutRequest::new()
             .with_key(key.to_string())
             .with_value(value.as_bytes().context(CatalogEntrySerdeSnafu)?);
+
         let response = client
             .compare_and_put(request.into())
             .await
             .context(RequestMetaSnafu)?;
+
         ensure!(
             response.success,
             SchemaExistsSnafu {
@@ -486,6 +488,14 @@ impl DistInstance {
             }
         );
 
+        // Since the database created on meta does not go through KvBackend, so we manually
+        // invalidate the cache here.
+        //
+        // TODO(fys): when the meta invalidation cache mechanism is established, remove it.
+        self.catalog_manager()
+            .invalidate_schema(&catalog, &expr.database_name)
+            .await;
+
         Ok(Output::AffectedRows(1))
     }