diff --git a/presto-hive-hadoop2/src/test/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/TestHive.java b/presto-hive-hadoop2/src/test/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/TestHive.java
index fcd9b1381259..1fd8937218a1 100644
--- a/presto-hive-hadoop2/src/test/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/TestHive.java
+++ b/presto-hive-hadoop2/src/test/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/TestHive.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.testng.SkipException;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Parameters;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
@@ -80,4 +81,16 @@ public void testHideDeltaLakeTables()
 
         throw new SkipException("not supported");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testHiveViewTranslationError()
+    {
+        try (Transaction transaction = newTransaction()) {
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> transaction.getMetadata().getView(newSession(), view))
+                    .isInstanceOf(HiveViewNotSupportedException.class)
+                    .hasMessageContaining("Hive views are not supported");
+
+            // TODO: combine this with tests for successful translation (currently in TestHiveViews product test)
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/presto-hive/src/main/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/HiveMetadata.java b/presto-hive/src/main/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/HiveMetadata.java
index aefc1bcc55d7..a268a8a2cee8 100644
--- a/presto-hive/src/main/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/HiveMetadata.java
+++ b/presto-hive/src/main/java/io/prestosql/plugin/hive/HiveMetadata.java
@@ -1919,6 +1919,10 @@ public Optional<ConnectorViewDefinition> getView(ConnectorSession session, Schem
         return metastore.getTable(new HiveIdentity(session), viewName.getSchemaName(), viewName.getTableName())
                 .filter(ViewReaderUtil::canDecodeView)
                 .map(view -> {
+                    if (!translateHiveViews && !isPrestoView(view)) {
+                        throw new HiveViewNotSupportedException(viewName);
+                    }
+
                     ConnectorViewDefinition definition = createViewReader(metastore, new HiveIdentity(session), view, typeManager)
                             .decodeViewData(view.getViewOriginalText().get(), view, catalogName);
                     // use owner from table metadata if it exists