diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
index 7e7429acf695..32b3e279a33a 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.metrics.source.HiveCatalogMetrics
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{NoSuchDatabaseException, NoSuchPartitionException, PartitionsAlreadyExistException}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{NoSuchDatabaseException, NoSuchPartitionException, NoSuchPartitionsException, PartitionsAlreadyExistException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.CatalogTypes.TablePartitionSpec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Expression
@@ -630,9 +630,7 @@ private[hive] class HiveClientImpl(
         // (b='1', c='1') and (b='1', c='2'), a partial spec of (b='1') will match both.
         val parts = client.getPartitions(hiveTable, s.asJava).asScala
         if (parts.isEmpty && !ignoreIfNotExists) {
-          throw new AnalysisException(
-            s"No partition is dropped. One partition spec '$s' does not exist in table '$table' " +
-            s"database '$db'")
+          throw new NoSuchPartitionsException(db, table, Seq(s))
         }
         parts.map(_.getValues)
       }.distinct
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala
index afe1df68e676..6d45ad890921 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveDDLSuite.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterEach
 import org.apache.spark.SparkException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, QueryTest, Row, SaveMode}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{NoSuchPartitionException, PartitionsAlreadyExistException, TableAlreadyExistsException}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{NoSuchPartitionException, NoSuchPartitionsException, PartitionsAlreadyExistException, TableAlreadyExistsException}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.ParseException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.FakeV2Provider
@@ -2886,4 +2886,20 @@ class HiveDDLSuite
       checkAnswer(sql("SHOW PARTITIONS t"), Seq(Row("id=1"), Row("id=2")))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-33788: partition not exists") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      sql(s"CREATE TABLE t (data string) PARTITIONED BY (id bigint)")
+      sql(s"ALTER TABLE t ADD PARTITION (id=1)")
+
+      val errMsg = intercept[NoSuchPartitionsException] {
+        sql(s"ALTER TABLE t DROP PARTITION (id=1), PARTITION (id=2)")
+      }.getMessage
+      assert(errMsg.contains("partitions not found in table"))
+
+      checkAnswer(sql("SHOW PARTITIONS t"), Seq(Row("id=1")))
+      sql(s"ALTER TABLE t DROP IF EXISTS PARTITION (id=1), PARTITION (id=2)")
+      checkAnswer(sql("SHOW PARTITIONS t"), Seq.empty)
+    }
+  }
 }