diff --git a/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs b/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs
index 97d76d5a2573..9017b709b3a7 100644
--- a/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs
+++ b/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ impl<KV: kvapi::KVApi<Error = MetaError> + ?Sized> SchemaApi for KV {
                                     &req.name_ident.tenant,
                                     *id.data,
                                     *seq_db_id.data,
-                                    false,
+                                    true,
                                     false,
                                     &mut txn,
                                 )
@@ -3373,9 +3373,9 @@ async fn construct_drop_table_txn_operations(
         return if if_exists {
             Ok((0, 0))
         } else {
-            return Err(KVAppError::AppError(AppError::UnknownTable(
+            Err(KVAppError::AppError(AppError::UnknownTable(
                 UnknownTable::new(tbname, "drop_table_by_id"),
-            )));
+            )))
         };
     }
 
@@ -3390,9 +3390,13 @@ async fn construct_drop_table_txn_operations(
     let mut tb_meta = tb_meta.unwrap();
     // drop a table with drop_on time
     if tb_meta.drop_on.is_some() {
-        return Err(KVAppError::AppError(AppError::DropTableWithDropTime(
-            DropTableWithDropTime::new(&dbid_tbname.table_name),
-        )));
+        return if if_exists {
+            Ok((0, 0))
+        } else {
+            Err(KVAppError::AppError(AppError::DropTableWithDropTime(
+                DropTableWithDropTime::new(&dbid_tbname.table_name),
+            )))
+        };
     }
 
     tb_meta.drop_on = Some(Utc::now());
diff --git a/tests/suites/0_stateless/02_ddl/02_0000_create_drop_view.py b/tests/suites/0_stateless/02_ddl/02_0000_create_drop_view.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..93904e8fb865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/suites/0_stateless/02_ddl/02_0000_create_drop_view.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sqlalchemy
+import os
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+
+def recreate_view(con):
+    with con.begin() as c:
+        c.execute(sqlalchemy.text("DROP VIEW IF EXISTS v_issue_16188"))
+    with con.begin() as c:
+        c.execute(sqlalchemy.text("CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW v_issue_16188 as select a,b from t_issue_16188"))
+
+def main():
+    tcp_port = os.getenv("QUERY_MYSQL_HANDLER_PORT")
+    if tcp_port is None:
+        port = "3307"
+    else:
+        port = tcp_port
+
+    uri = "mysql+pymysql://root:root@localhost:" + port + "/"
+    con = sqlalchemy.create_engine(uri, future=True)
+    with con.begin() as c:
+        c.execute(sqlalchemy.text("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_issue_16188"))
+        c.execute(sqlalchemy.text("CREATE TABLE t_issue_16188 (a int not null, b int not null)"))
+
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=64) as executor:
+        futures = []
+        for _ in range(10):
+            futures.append(executor.submit(recreate_view, con))
+
+        for future in as_completed(futures):
+            future.result()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/suites/0_stateless/02_ddl/02_0000_create_drop_view.result b/tests/suites/0_stateless/02_ddl/02_0000_create_drop_view.result
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/tests/suites/1_stateful/09_http_handler/09_0007_token.py b/tests/suites/1_stateful/09_http_handler/09_0007_token.py
index 4ed83ac7bc1b..0b6969901fed 100755
--- a/tests/suites/1_stateful/09_http_handler/09_0007_token.py
+++ b/tests/suites/1_stateful/09_http_handler/09_0007_token.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def do_logout(_case_id, session_token):
 
 
 def do_verify(session_token):
-    for token in [session_token, 'xxx']:
+    for token in [session_token, "xxx"]:
         print("---- verify token ", token)
         response = requests.get(
             verify_url,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def do_verify(session_token):
         print(response.status_code)
         print(response.text)
 
-    for a in [auth, ('u', 'p')]:
+    for a in [auth, ("u", "p")]:
         print("---- verify password: ", a)
         response = requests.post(
             verify_url,
@@ -116,9 +116,12 @@ def fake_expired_token(ty):
         "nonce": "",
         "sid": "",
     }
-    return "bend-v1-" + ty + '-' + base64.b64encode(
-        json.dumps(expired_claim).encode("utf-8")
-    ).decode("utf-8")
+    return (
+        "bend-v1-"
+        + ty
+        + "-"
+        + base64.b64encode(json.dumps(expired_claim).encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")
+    )
 
 
 def main():
@@ -134,7 +137,6 @@ def main():
     pprint(query_resp.get("session").get("need_sticky"))
     pprint(query_resp.get("session").get("need_refresh"))
 
-
     # cluster
     query_resp = do_query("select count(*) from system.clusters", session_token)
     num_nodes = int(query_resp.get("data")[0][0])
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ def main():
     # errors
     do_query("select 2", "xxx")
     do_query("select 3", "bend-v1-s-xxx")
-    do_query("select 4", fake_expired_token('s'))
+    do_query("select 4", fake_expired_token("s"))
     do_query("select 5", refresh_token)
 
     renew_resp = do_refresh(1, refresh_token, session_token)
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ def main():
     # errors
     do_refresh(2, "xxx", session_token)
     do_refresh(3, "bend-v1-xxx", session_token)
-    do_refresh(4, fake_expired_token('r'), session_token)
+    do_refresh(4, fake_expired_token("r"), session_token)
     do_refresh(5, session_token, session_token)
 
     # test new_refresh_token works