diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.tsx
index 775c9252f..d64ce2157 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/TableElement.tsx
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ const TableElement = ({ table, actions, ...props }: TableElementProps) => {
       ));
     }
 
-    if (!partitions && !metadata) {
+    if (!partitions && (!metadata || !metadata.length)) {
+      // hide partition and metadata card view
       return null;
     }