diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala
index 2faf42028f3a..7d893872277d 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalog.scala
@@ -545,7 +545,15 @@ private[spark] class HiveExternalCatalog(conf: SparkConf, hadoopConf: Configurat
   }
 
   private def getLocationFromStorageProps(table: CatalogTable): Option[String] = {
-    CaseInsensitiveMap(table.storage.properties).get("path")
+    val storageLoc = table.storage.locationUri.map(CatalogUtils.URIToString(_))
+    val storageProp = CaseInsensitiveMap(table.storage.properties).get("path")
+    // storageProp == None is hive table
+    if (storageLoc.equals(storageProp) || storageProp == None) {
+      storageLoc
+    } else {
+      throw new AnalysisException(s"path in location ${storageLoc} " +
+        s"not equal to table prop path ${storageProp}, please use alter table in spark")
+    }
   }
 
   private def updateLocationInStorageProps(
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
index 270595b0011e..f3b6fe2d3bd4 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.net.URI
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.QueryExecutionException
@@ -202,4 +203,26 @@ class HiveExternalCatalogSuite extends ExternalCatalogSuite {
       assert(alteredTable.provider === Some("foo"))
     })
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-31751: serde property `path` overwrites hive table property location") {
+    val catalog = newBasicCatalog()
+    val hiveTable = CatalogTable(
+      identifier = TableIdentifier("parq_alter", Some("db1")),
+      tableType = CatalogTableType.MANAGED,
+      storage = storageFormat,
+      schema = new StructType().add("col1", "int"),
+      provider = Some("parquet"))
+    catalog.createTable(hiveTable, ignoreIfExists = false)
+    val beforeAlterTable = externalCatalog.getTable("db1", "parq_alter")
+    assert(beforeAlterTable.storage.locationUri.toString.contains("parq_alter"))
+
+    externalCatalog.client.runSqlHive(
+      "alter table db1.parq_alter rename to db1.parq_alter2")
+
+    val e = intercept[AnalysisException](
+      externalCatalog.getTable("db1", "parq_alter2")
+    )
+    assert(e.getMessage.contains("not equal to table prop path")
+      && e.getMessage.contains("parq_alter2"))
+  }
 }