diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/inmemory/InMemoryCatalog.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/inmemory/InMemoryCatalog.java
index 566e56eec9b5..8a701fa3763c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/inmemory/InMemoryCatalog.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/inmemory/InMemoryCatalog.java
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ public void renameTable(TableIdentifier from, TableIdentifier to) {
         throw new AlreadyExistsException("Cannot rename %s to %s. Table already exists", from, to);
       }
 
+      if (views.containsKey(to)) {
+        throw new AlreadyExistsException("Cannot rename %s to %s. View already exists", from, to);
+      }
+
       tables.put(to, fromLocation);
       tables.remove(from);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java
index 3c88efe61b16..d5825030297b 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewCatalogTests.java
@@ -669,6 +669,41 @@ public void renameViewTargetAlreadyExistsAsTable() {
         .hasMessageContaining("Cannot rename ns.view to ns.table. Table already exists");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void renameTableTargetAlreadyExistsAsView() {
+    Assumptions.assumeThat(tableCatalog())
+        .as("Only valid for catalogs that support tables")
+        .isNotNull();
+
+    TableIdentifier viewIdentifier = TableIdentifier.of("ns", "view");
+    TableIdentifier tableIdentifier = TableIdentifier.of("ns", "table");
+
+    if (requiresNamespaceCreate()) {
+      catalog().createNamespace(tableIdentifier.namespace());
+    }
+
+    assertThat(tableCatalog().tableExists(tableIdentifier)).as("Table should not exist").isFalse();
+
+    tableCatalog().buildTable(tableIdentifier, SCHEMA).create();
+
+    assertThat(tableCatalog().tableExists(tableIdentifier)).as("Table should exist").isTrue();
+
+    assertThat(catalog().viewExists(viewIdentifier)).as("View should not exist").isFalse();
+
+    catalog()
+        .buildView(viewIdentifier)
+        .withSchema(SCHEMA)
+        .withDefaultNamespace(viewIdentifier.namespace())
+        .withQuery("spark", "select * from ns.tbl")
+        .create();
+
+    assertThat(catalog().viewExists(viewIdentifier)).as("View should exist").isTrue();
+
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> tableCatalog().renameTable(tableIdentifier, viewIdentifier))
+        .isInstanceOf(AlreadyExistsException.class)
+        .hasMessageContaining("Cannot rename ns.table to ns.view. View already exists");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void listViews() {
     Namespace ns1 = Namespace.of("ns1");