diff --git a/src/frontend/src/catalog/table_catalog.rs b/src/frontend/src/catalog/table_catalog.rs
index 8e4ccd2c96860..d718864a68f1a 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/catalog/table_catalog.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/catalog/table_catalog.rs
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ impl TableVersion {
 impl TableCatalog {
     /// Returns the SQL definition when the table was created, purified with best effort
     /// if it's a table.
+    ///
+    /// See [`Self::create_sql_ast_purified`] for more details.
     pub fn create_sql_purified(&self) -> String {
         self.create_sql_ast_purified()
             .map(|stmt| stmt.to_string())
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ impl TableCatalog {
                 let name = ast::ObjectName(vec![self.name.as_str().into()]);
                 ast::Statement::default_create_table(name)
             } else {
-                self.create_sql_ast()?
+                self.create_sql_ast_raw()?
             };
 
             match try_purify_table_source_create_sql_ast(
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@ impl TableCatalog {
             }
         }
 
-        self.create_sql_ast()
+        self.create_sql_ast_raw()
     }
 }
 
@@ -481,14 +483,33 @@ impl TableCatalog {
     }
 
     /// Returns the SQL definition when the table was created.
+    ///
+    /// See [`Self::create_sql_ast`] for more details.
     pub fn create_sql(&self) -> String {
-        self.definition.clone()
+        self.create_sql_ast()
+            .map(|stmt| stmt.to_string())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| self.definition.clone())
     }
 
     /// Returns the parsed SQL definition when the table was created.
     ///
+    /// Re-create the table with this statement may have different schema if the schema is derived
+    /// from external systems (like schema registry) or it's created by `CREATE TABLE AS`. If this
+    /// is not desired, use [`Self::create_sql_ast_purified`] instead.
+    ///
     /// Returns error if it's invalid.
     pub fn create_sql_ast(&self) -> Result<ast::Statement> {
+        if let TableType::Table = self.table_type()
+            && self.definition.is_empty()
+        {
+            // Fix `CREATE TABLE AS`.
+            self.create_sql_ast_purified()
+        } else {
+            self.create_sql_ast_raw()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn create_sql_ast_raw(&self) -> Result<ast::Statement> {
         Ok(Parser::parse_sql(&self.definition)
             .context("unable to parse definition sql")?
             .into_iter()
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/handler/create_sink.rs b/src/frontend/src/handler/create_sink.rs
index 662a5aedcade5..b98958ee5f6e7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/handler/create_sink.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/handler/create_sink.rs
@@ -503,9 +503,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn reparse_table_for_sink(
 ) -> Result<(StreamFragmentGraph, Table, Option<PbSource>)> {
     // Retrieve the original table definition and parse it to AST.
     let definition = table_catalog.create_sql_ast_purified()?;
-    let raw_definition = table_catalog
-        .create_sql_ast()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| definition.clone() /* create table as */);
+    let raw_definition = table_catalog.create_sql_ast()?;
 
     let Statement::CreateTable {
         name,