diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidation.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidation.java
index 4ffc3ec0259e..b703caaf9b6c 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidation.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidation.java
@@ -924,7 +924,8 @@ public static void validateChainTable(TableSchema schema, CoreOptions options) {
             Preconditions.checkArgument(
                     options.bucket() > 0, "Bucket number must be greater than 0 for chain table.");
             Preconditions.checkArgument(
-                    options.sequenceField() != null, "Sequence field is required for chain table.");
+                    !options.sequenceField().isEmpty(),
+                    "Sequence field is required for chain table.");
             Preconditions.checkArgument(
                     changelogProducer == ChangelogProducer.NONE
                             || changelogProducer == ChangelogProducer.INPUT,
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidationTest.java b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidationTest.java
index d518f79a20f5..89796948f295 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidationTest.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/schema/SchemaValidationTest.java
@@ -232,6 +232,29 @@ public void testChainTableAllowsNonDeduplicateMergeEngine() {
         assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(() -> validateTableSchema(schema));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testChainTableRequiresSequenceField() {
+        Map<String, String> options = new HashMap<>();
+        options.put(CoreOptions.CHAIN_TABLE_ENABLED.key(), "true");
+        options.put(CoreOptions.BUCKET.key(), "1");
+        options.put(CoreOptions.PARTITION_TIMESTAMP_PATTERN.key(), "$f0");
+        options.put(CoreOptions.PARTITION_TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER.key(), "yyyy-MM-dd");
+
+        List<DataField> fields =
+                Arrays.asList(
+                        new DataField(0, "f0", DataTypes.STRING()),
+                        new DataField(1, "f1", DataTypes.INT()),
+                        new DataField(2, "f2", DataTypes.BIGINT()),
+                        new DataField(3, "f3", DataTypes.STRING()));
+        List<String> partitionKeys = singletonList("f0");
+        List<String> primaryKeys = Arrays.asList("f0", "f1");
+        TableSchema schema =
+                new TableSchema(1, fields, 10, partitionKeys, primaryKeys, options, "");
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> validateTableSchema(schema))
+                .hasMessage("Sequence field is required for chain table.");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testVectorStoreUnknownColumn() {
         Map<String, String> options = new HashMap<>();