diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
index 70d15adb8345d..bda9a836709f8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
@@ -899,24 +899,24 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
   object ResolveTempViews extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
     def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan.resolveOperatorsUp {
       case u @ UnresolvedRelation(ident, _, isStreaming) =>
-        lookupTempView(ident, isStreaming, performCheck = true).getOrElse(u)
+        lookupAndResolveTempView(ident, isStreaming).getOrElse(u)
       case i @ InsertIntoStatement(UnresolvedRelation(ident, _, false), _, _, _, _, _) =>
-        lookupTempView(ident, performCheck = true)
+        lookupAndResolveTempView(ident)
           .map(view => i.copy(table = view))
           .getOrElse(i)
       case c @ CacheTable(UnresolvedRelation(ident, _, false), _, _, _) =>
-        lookupTempView(ident, performCheck = true)
+        lookupAndResolveTempView(ident)
           .map(view => c.copy(table = view))
           .getOrElse(c)
       case c @ UncacheTable(UnresolvedRelation(ident, _, false), _, _) =>
-        lookupTempView(ident, performCheck = true)
+        lookupAndResolveTempView(ident)
           .map(view => c.copy(table = view, isTempView = true))
           .getOrElse(c)
       // TODO (SPARK-27484): handle streaming write commands when we have them.
       case write: V2WriteCommand =>
         write.table match {
           case UnresolvedRelation(ident, _, false) =>
-            lookupTempView(ident, performCheck = true).map(unwrapRelationPlan).map {
+            lookupAndResolveTempView(ident).map(unwrapRelationPlan).map {
               case r: DataSourceV2Relation => write.withNewTable(r)
               case _ => throw QueryCompilationErrors.writeIntoTempViewNotAllowedError(ident.quoted)
             }.getOrElse(write)
@@ -948,10 +948,9 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
           .getOrElse(u)
     }
 
-    def lookupTempView(
+    private def lookupTempView(
         identifier: Seq[String],
-        isStreaming: Boolean = false,
-        performCheck: Boolean = false): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+        isStreaming: Boolean = false): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
       // Permanent View can't refer to temp views, no need to lookup at all.
       if (isResolvingView && !isReferredTempViewName(identifier)) return None
 
@@ -964,7 +963,13 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
       if (isStreaming && tmpView.nonEmpty && !tmpView.get.isStreaming) {
         throw QueryCompilationErrors.readNonStreamingTempViewError(identifier.quoted)
       }
-      tmpView.map(ResolveRelations.resolveViews(_, performCheck))
+      tmpView
+    }
+
+    private def lookupAndResolveTempView(
+        identifier: Seq[String],
+        isStreaming: Boolean = false): Option[LogicalPlan] = {
+      lookupTempView(identifier, isStreaming).map(ResolveRelations.resolveViews)
     }
   }
 
@@ -1128,7 +1133,7 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
     // look at `AnalysisContext.catalogAndNamespace` when resolving relations with single-part name.
     // If `AnalysisContext.catalogAndNamespace` is non-empty, analyzer will expand single-part names
     // with it, instead of current catalog and namespace.
-    def resolveViews(plan: LogicalPlan, performCheck: Boolean = false): LogicalPlan = plan match {
+    def resolveViews(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan match {
       // The view's child should be a logical plan parsed from the `desc.viewText`, the variable
       // `viewText` should be defined, or else we throw an error on the generation of the View
       // operator.
@@ -1147,16 +1152,10 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
         }
         // Fail the analysis eagerly because outside AnalysisContext, the unresolved operators
         // inside a view maybe resolved incorrectly.
-        // But for commands like `DropViewCommand`, resolving view is unnecessary even though
-        // there is unresolved node. So use the `performCheck` flag to skip the analysis check
-        // for these commands.
-        // TODO(SPARK-34504): avoid unnecessary view resolving and remove the `performCheck` flag
-        if (performCheck) {
-          checkAnalysis(newChild)
-        }
+        checkAnalysis(newChild)
         view.copy(child = newChild)
       case p @ SubqueryAlias(_, view: View) =>
-        p.copy(child = resolveViews(view, performCheck))
+        p.copy(child = resolveViews(view))
       case _ => plan
     }
 
@@ -1179,14 +1178,14 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
 
       case c @ CacheTable(u @ UnresolvedRelation(_, _, false), _, _, _) =>
         lookupRelation(u.multipartIdentifier, u.options, false)
-          .map(resolveViews(_, performCheck = true))
+          .map(resolveViews)
           .map(EliminateSubqueryAliases(_))
           .map(relation => c.copy(table = relation))
           .getOrElse(c)
 
       case c @ UncacheTable(u @ UnresolvedRelation(_, _, false), _, _) =>
         lookupRelation(u.multipartIdentifier, u.options, false)
-          .map(resolveViews(_, performCheck = true))
+          .map(resolveViews)
           .map(EliminateSubqueryAliases(_))
           .map(relation => c.copy(table = relation))
           .getOrElse(c)
@@ -1212,7 +1211,7 @@ class Analyzer(override val catalogManager: CatalogManager)
 
       case u: UnresolvedRelation =>
         lookupRelation(u.multipartIdentifier, u.options, u.isStreaming)
-          .map(resolveViews(_, performCheck = true)).getOrElse(u)
+          .map(resolveViews).getOrElse(u)
 
       case u @ UnresolvedTable(identifier, cmd, relationTypeMismatchHint) =>
         lookupTableOrView(identifier).map {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SQLViewTestSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SQLViewTestSuite.scala
index bbb661568d408..5124d4e4a7041 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SQLViewTestSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SQLViewTestSuite.scala
@@ -308,6 +308,25 @@ abstract class SQLViewTestSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-34504: drop an invalid view") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE t(s STRUCT<i: INT, j: INT>) USING json")
+      val viewName = createView("v", "SELECT s.i FROM t")
+      withView(viewName) {
+        assert(spark.table(viewName).collect().isEmpty)
+
+        // re-create the table without nested field `i` which is referred by the view.
+        sql("DROP TABLE t")
+        sql("CREATE TABLE t(s STRUCT<j: INT>) USING json")
+        val e = intercept[AnalysisException](spark.table(viewName))
+        assert(e.message.contains("No such struct field i in j"))
+
+        // drop invalid view should be fine
+        sql(s"DROP VIEW $viewName")
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class LocalTempViewTestSuite extends SQLViewTestSuite with SharedSparkSession {