diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestCreateView.java b/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestCreateView.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0503207dd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestCreateView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
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+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg.spark.extensions;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+import org.apache.iceberg.ParameterizedTestExtension;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Parameters;
+import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkCatalogConfig;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestTemplate;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+
+@ExtendWith(ParameterizedTestExtension.class)
+public class TestCreateView extends ExtensionsTestBase {
+
+  @Parameters(name = "catalogName = {0}, implementation = {1}, config = {2}")
+  public static Object[][] parameters() {
+    return new Object[][] {
+      {
+        SparkCatalogConfig.SPARK_SESSION.catalogName(),
+        SparkCatalogConfig.SPARK_SESSION.implementation(),
+        SparkCatalogConfig.SPARK_SESSION.properties()
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void useIcebergCatalog() {
+    spark
+        .conf()
+        .set("spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog", "org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkSessionCatalog");
+    spark.conf().set("spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog.type", "hive");
+    spark.sessionState().catalogManager().reset();
+  }
+
+  @AfterEach
+  public void useHiveCatalog() {
+    spark.conf().unset("spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog");
+    spark.conf().unset("spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog.type");
+    spark.sessionState().catalogManager().reset();
+  }
+
+  @TestTemplate
+  public void testCreateViewIfNotExistsWithExistingHiveView() {
+    String viewName = "default.existing_hive_view";
+
+    useHiveCatalog();
+    try {
+      // create Hive view
+      spark.sql(String.format("CREATE VIEW %s AS SELECT 1 AS id", viewName));
+    } finally {
+      useIcebergCatalog();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      spark.sql(String.format("CREATE VIEW IF NOT EXISTS %s AS SELECT 2 AS id", viewName));
+    } finally {
+      spark.sql(String.format("DROP VIEW IF EXISTS %s", viewName));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @TestTemplate
+  public void testCreateViewWithExistingHiveView() {
+    String viewName = "default.collision_view";
+
+    useHiveCatalog();
+    try {
+      // create Hive view
+      spark.sql(String.format("CREATE VIEW %s AS SELECT 1 AS id", viewName));
+    } finally {
+      useIcebergCatalog();
+    }
+
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> spark.sql(String.format("CREATE VIEW %s AS SELECT 2 AS id", viewName)))
+        .isInstanceOf(AnalysisException.class)
+        .hasMessageContaining("VIEW_ALREADY_EXISTS");
+
+    spark.sql(String.format("DROP VIEW IF EXISTS %s", viewName));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSessionCatalog.java b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSessionCatalog.java
index f49660a9f27c..e7a371dd0d75 100644
--- a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSessionCatalog.java
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSessionCatalog.java
@@ -464,6 +464,13 @@ public View createView(ViewInfo viewInfo)
     }
 
     if (null != asViewCatalog) {
+      // Check if the identifier is already taken in the underlying session catalog.
+      // The session catalog (V2SessionCatalog) is the authority on the namespace.
+      // tableExists() checks for both tables and views (V1 and V2).
+      if (getSessionCatalog().tableExists(viewInfo.ident())) {
+        throw new ViewAlreadyExistsException(viewInfo.ident());
+      }
+
       return asViewCatalog.createView(viewInfo);
     } else if (isViewCatalog()) {
       return getSessionCatalog().createView(viewInfo);