diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatWriter.scala
index 84f3fd360b71b..1026899699082 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileFormatWriter.scala
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ object FileFormatWriter extends Logging {
       statsTrackers = statsTrackers
     )
 
+    SQLExecution.checkSQLExecutionId(sparkSession)
+
+    // propagate the description UUID into the jobs, so that committers
+    // get an ID guaranteed to be unique.
+    job.getConfiguration.set("spark.sql.sources.writeJobUUID", description.uuid)
+
+    // This call shouldn't be put into the `try` block below because it only initializes and
+    // prepares the job, any exception thrown from here shouldn't cause abortJob() to be called.
+    committer.setupJob(job)
+
     // We should first sort by partition columns, then bucket id, and finally sorting columns.
     val requiredOrdering =
       partitionColumns ++ writerBucketSpec.map(_.bucketIdExpression) ++ sortColumns
@@ -208,16 +218,6 @@ object FileFormatWriter extends Logging {
       }
     }
 
-    SQLExecution.checkSQLExecutionId(sparkSession)
-
-    // propagate the description UUID into the jobs, so that committers
-    // get an ID guaranteed to be unique.
-    job.getConfiguration.set("spark.sql.sources.writeJobUUID", description.uuid)
-
-    // This call shouldn't be put into the `try` block below because it only initializes and
-    // prepares the job, any exception thrown from here shouldn't cause abortJob() to be called.
-    committer.setupJob(job)
-
     try {
       val (rdd, concurrentOutputWriterSpec) = if (orderingMatched) {
         (materializedPlan.execute(), None)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
index c933ab50d216d..addf6d2134c91 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/DataFrameReaderWriterSuite.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, Path}
 import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetFileReader
 import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.HadoopInputFile
 import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName
 import org.apache.parquet.schema.Type.Repetition
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkContext, TestUtils}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkContext, SparkException, TestUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.io.FileCommitProtocol.TaskCommitMessage
 import org.apache.spark.internal.io.HadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListener, SparkListenerJobStart}
@@ -1275,4 +1275,26 @@ class DataFrameReaderWriterSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-43327: location exists when insertoverwrite fails") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.ANSI_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
+      withTable("t", "t1") {
+        sql("CREATE TABLE t(c1 int) USING parquet")
+        sql("CREATE TABLE t1(c2 long) USING parquet")
+        sql("INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE t1 SELECT 6000044164")
+
+        val identifier = TableIdentifier("t")
+        val location = spark.sessionState.catalog.getTableMetadata(identifier).location
+
+        intercept[SparkException] {
+          sql("INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE t SELECT c2 FROM " +
+            "(SELECT cast(c2 as int) as c2 FROM t1 distribute by c2)")
+        }
+        // scalastyle:off hadoopconfiguration
+        val fs = FileSystem.get(location, spark.sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration)
+        // scalastyle:on hadoopconfiguration
+        assert(fs.exists(new Path(location)))
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }