diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
index 7609e96eba6fc..54c4343e7ff93 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
@@ -3379,7 +3379,9 @@ class AstBuilder extends DataTypeAstBuilder with SQLConfHelper with Logging {
       ctx: ExpressionPropertyListContext): OptionList = {
     val options = ctx.expressionProperty.asScala.map { property =>
       val key: String = visitPropertyKey(property.key)
-      val value: Expression = Option(property.value).map(expression).orNull
+      val value: Expression = Option(property.value).map(expression).getOrElse {
+        operationNotAllowed(s"A value must be specified for the key: $key.", ctx)
+      }
       key -> value
     }.toSeq
     OptionList(options)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/DDLParserSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/DDLParserSuite.scala
index ee85d509b6fc1..03b31f1f03e4f 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/DDLParserSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/DDLParserSuite.scala
@@ -2421,6 +2421,18 @@ class DDLParserSuite extends AnalysisTest {
         stop = 42))
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-46610: throw exception when no value for a key in create table options") {
+    val createTableSql = "create table test_table using my_data_source options (password)"
+    checkError(
+      exception = parseException(createTableSql),
+      errorClass = "_LEGACY_ERROR_TEMP_0035",
+      parameters = Map("message" -> "A value must be specified for the key: password."),
+      context = ExpectedContext(
+        fragment = createTableSql,
+        start = 0,
+        stop = 62))
+  }
+
   test("UNCACHE TABLE") {
     comparePlans(
       parsePlan("UNCACHE TABLE a.b.c"),