diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
index cf57ddf6b4f7b..6196d708d2baf 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ def _create_external_table(self):
         self.hook.create_table(
             table_resource=table_obj_api_repr,
             project_id=self.project_id or self.hook.project_id,
+            dataset_id=table.dataset_id,
+            table_id=table.table_id,
             location=self.location,
             exists_ok=True,
         )