diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Utils.cpp b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Utils.cpp
index 6befe209fc0b8..1ec71fce3e419 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Utils.cpp
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/Utils.cpp
@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ const std::vector<std::string> getFunctionNameParts(
     const std::string& registeredFunction) {
   std::vector<std::string> parts;
   folly::split('.', registeredFunction, parts, true);
-  VELOX_USER_CHECK(
-      parts.size() == 3,
-      fmt::format("Prefix missing for function {}", registeredFunction));
   return parts;
 }
 } // namespace facebook::presto::util
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/tests/CommonTest.cpp b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/tests/CommonTest.cpp
index 401dc89de9fc5..e7638204c16f7 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/tests/CommonTest.cpp
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/common/tests/CommonTest.cpp
@@ -247,14 +247,6 @@ TEST(UtilsTest, getFunctionNameParts) {
     EXPECT_EQ(parts[1], "catalog");
     EXPECT_EQ(parts[2], "sum");
   }
-
-  EXPECT_THROW(util::getFunctionNameParts("catalog.function"), VeloxException);
-  EXPECT_THROW(util::getFunctionNameParts("function"), VeloxException);
-  EXPECT_THROW(
-      util::getFunctionNameParts("prefix.catalog.schema.function"),
-      VeloxException);
-  EXPECT_THROW(util::getFunctionNameParts(""), VeloxException);
-  EXPECT_THROW(util::getFunctionNameParts(".."), VeloxException);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/functions/FunctionMetadata.cpp b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/functions/FunctionMetadata.cpp
index 6c7262a83b1b8..38035d19fe6ef 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/functions/FunctionMetadata.cpp
+++ b/presto-native-execution/presto_cpp/main/functions/FunctionMetadata.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ json getFunctionsMetadata(const std::optional<std::string>& catalog) {
     }
 
     const auto parts = util::getFunctionNameParts(name);
-    if (skipCatalog(parts[0])) {
+    if (parts.size() < 3 || skipCatalog(parts[0])) {
       continue;
     }
     const auto schema = parts[1];
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ json getFunctionsMetadata(const std::optional<std::string>& catalog) {
     if (!aggregateFunctions.at(entry.first).metadata.companionFunction) {
       const auto name = entry.first;
       const auto parts = util::getFunctionNameParts(name);
-      if (skipCatalog(parts[0])) {
+      if (parts.size() < 3 || skipCatalog(parts[0])) {
         continue;
       }
       const auto schema = parts[1];
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ json getFunctionsMetadata(const std::optional<std::string>& catalog) {
     if (aggregateFunctions.count(entry.first) == 0) {
       const auto name = entry.first;
       const auto parts = util::getFunctionNameParts(entry.first);
-      if (skipCatalog(parts[0])) {
+      if (parts.size() < 3 || skipCatalog(parts[0])) {
         continue;
       }
       const auto schema = parts[1];