diff --git a/ci/scripts/e2e-iceberg-engine-test.sh b/ci/scripts/e2e-iceberg-engine-test.sh
index b48d0312002c..c298adb247bb 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/e2e-iceberg-engine-test.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/e2e-iceberg-engine-test.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ source ci/scripts/common.sh
 
 # prepare environment
 export CONNECTOR_LIBS_PATH="./connector-node/libs"
+export AWS_REGION="us-east-1"
 
 while getopts 'p:' opt; do
     case ${opt} in
diff --git a/risedev.yml b/risedev.yml
index 5c8bb312aec5..bfb417afa7b8 100644
--- a/risedev.yml
+++ b/risedev.yml
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ profile:
         persist-data: true
 
   iceberg-engine:
-    env:
-      AWS_REGION: "ap-southeast-2"
-      CONNECTOR_LIBS_PATH: ".risingwave/bin/connector-node/libs"
     steps:
       - use: minio
       - use: postgres
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/handler/create_table.rs b/src/frontend/src/handler/create_table.rs
index 0ccc14561e2a..fa65397281ab 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/handler/create_table.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/src/handler/create_table.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use risingwave_common::util::iter_util::ZipEqFast;
 use risingwave_common::util::sort_util::{ColumnOrder, OrderType};
 use risingwave_common::util::value_encoding::DatumToProtoExt;
 use risingwave_common::{bail, bail_not_implemented};
+use risingwave_connector::jvm_runtime::JVM;
 use risingwave_connector::source::cdc::build_cdc_table_id;
 use risingwave_connector::source::cdc::external::{
     ExternalTableConfig, ExternalTableImpl, DATABASE_NAME_KEY, SCHEMA_NAME_KEY, TABLE_NAME_KEY,
@@ -1641,6 +1642,10 @@ pub async fn create_iceberg_engine_table(
     with.insert("enable_config_load".to_string(), "true".to_string());
     source_handler_args.with_options = WithOptions::new_with_options(with);
 
+    // before we create the table, ensure the JVM is initialized as we use jdbc catalog right now.
+    // If JVM isn't initialized successfully, current not atomic ddl will result in a partially created iceberg engine table.
+    let _ = JVM.get_or_init()?;
+
     let catalog_writer = session.catalog_writer()?;
     // TODO(iceberg): make iceberg engine table creation ddl atomic
     catalog_writer