diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 310c2bfdf1011..2065f0d60d92f 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -457,4 +457,15 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
     dropTempTable("data")
     setConf("spark.sql.hive.convertCTAS", originalConf)
   }
+
+  test("sanity test for SPARK-6618") {
+    (1 to 100).par.map { i =>
+      val tableName = s"SPARK_6618_table_$i"
+      sql(s"CREATE TABLE $tableName (col1 string)")
+      catalog.lookupRelation(Seq(tableName))
+      table(tableName)
+      tables()
+      sql(s"DROP TABLE $tableName")
+    }
+  }
 }