diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
index 74efb6c..4ed8510 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/translator/QueryTranslator.java
@@ -2111,6 +2111,7 @@
         MetadataTransactionContext mdTxnCtx = MetadataManager.INSTANCE.beginTransaction();
         metadataProvider.setMetadataTxnContext(mdTxnCtx);
         // validation
+        FeedMetadataUtil.validateIfDatasetExists(dataverseName, datasetName, mdTxnCtx);
         Feed feed = FeedMetadataUtil.validateIfFeedExists(dataverseName, feedName,
                 metadataProvider.getMetadataTxnContext());
         ARecordType outputType = FeedMetadataUtil.getOutputType(feed, feed.getAdapterConfiguration(),