diff --git a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java
index 65100a747796..0673e08489ef 100644
--- a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java
+++ b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/TestHiveSyncTool.java
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static org.apache.hudi.common.fs.FSUtils.getRelativePartitionPath;
 import static org.apache.hudi.hive.HiveSyncConfigHolder.HIVE_AUTO_CREATE_DATABASE;
 import static org.apache.hudi.hive.HiveSyncConfigHolder.HIVE_CREATE_MANAGED_TABLE;
 import static org.apache.hudi.hive.HiveSyncConfigHolder.HIVE_IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS;
@@ -166,21 +168,27 @@ public void testBasicSync(boolean useSchemaFromCommitMetadata, String syncMode)
         "The last commit that was synced should be updated in the TBLPROPERTIES");
 
     // Adding of new partitions
-    List<String> newPartition = Collections.singletonList("2050/01/01");
+    List<String> newPartition = Arrays.asList("2050/01/01", "2040/02/01");
     hiveClient.addPartitionsToTable(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME, Collections.emptyList());
     assertEquals(5, hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME).size(),
         "No new partition should be added");
     hiveClient.addPartitionsToTable(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME, newPartition);
-    assertEquals(6, hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME).size(),
+    assertEquals(7, hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME).size(),
         "New partition should be added");
 
     // Update partitions
     hiveClient.updatePartitionsToTable(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME, Collections.emptyList());
-    assertEquals(6, hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME).size(),
+    assertEquals(7, hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME).size(),
         "Partition count should remain the same");
     hiveClient.updatePartitionsToTable(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME, newPartition);
-    assertEquals(6, hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME).size(),
-        "Partition count should remain the same");
+    List<Partition> hivePartitions = hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME);
+    Set<String> relativePartitionPaths = hivePartitions.stream()
+        .map(p -> getRelativePartitionPath(new Path(basePath), new Path(p.getStorageLocation())))
+        .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    // partition paths from the storage descriptor should be unique and contain the updated partitions
+    assertEquals(7, hivePartitions.size(), "Partition count should remain the same");
+    assertEquals(hivePartitions.size(), relativePartitionPaths.size());
+    assertTrue(relativePartitionPaths.containsAll(newPartition));
 
     // Alter partitions
     // Manually change a hive partition location to check if the sync will detect
@@ -188,7 +196,7 @@ public void testBasicSync(boolean useSchemaFromCommitMetadata, String syncMode)
     ddlExecutor.runSQL("ALTER TABLE `" + HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME
         + "` PARTITION (`datestr`='2050-01-01') SET LOCATION '/some/new/location'");
 
-    List<Partition> hivePartitions = hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME);
+    hivePartitions = hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME);
     List<String> writtenPartitionsSince = hiveClient.getPartitionsWrittenToSince(Option.empty());
     List<PartitionEvent> partitionEvents = hiveClient.getPartitionEvents(hivePartitions, writtenPartitionsSince, false);
     assertEquals(1, partitionEvents.size(), "There should be only one partition event");
@@ -200,7 +208,7 @@ public void testBasicSync(boolean useSchemaFromCommitMetadata, String syncMode)
 
     // Sync should update the changed partition to correct path
     List<Partition> tablePartitions = hiveClient.getAllPartitions(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME);
-    assertEquals(6, tablePartitions.size(), "The one partition we wrote should be added to hive");
+    assertEquals(7, tablePartitions.size(), "The one partition we wrote should be added to hive");
     assertEquals(instantTime, hiveClient.getLastCommitTimeSynced(HiveTestUtil.TABLE_NAME).get(),
         "The last commit that was synced should be 100");
   }