diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala
index 12bcfaf8cce..1b0b59b95ea 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala
@@ -374,13 +374,17 @@ class AbstractDeltaCatalog extends DelegatingCatalogExtension
         .map(_.loadTable(ident))
         .getOrElse(super.loadTable(ident))
 
-      ServerSidePlannedTable.tryCreate(spark, ident, table, isUnityCatalog).foreach { sspt =>
-        return sspt
-      }
-
       table match {
         case v1: V1Table if DeltaTableUtils.isDeltaTable(v1.catalogTable) =>
-          loadCatalogTable(ident, v1.catalogTable)
+          // Server-side planning only applies to Delta tables. Attempt it here, inside the
+          // Delta-`V1Table` branch, rather than on every loaded table: a non-Delta table or a
+          // catalog-specific shape (e.g. Unity Catalog's `MetadataTable` wrapping a `ViewInfo`
+          // for a metric view) must flow through the `case o => o` fallthrough unchanged so the
+          // resolver can route it correctly. Capturing those in `ServerSidePlannedTable.tryCreate`
+          // would short-circuit view loading.
+          ServerSidePlannedTable
+            .tryCreate(spark, ident, table, isUnityCatalog)
+            .getOrElse(loadCatalogTable(ident, v1.catalogTable))
         case o => o
       }
     } catch {
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/serverSidePlanning/ServerSidePlannedTableSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/serverSidePlanning/ServerSidePlannedTableSuite.scala
index 231ea7493ed..ab035bda505 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/serverSidePlanning/ServerSidePlannedTableSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/serverSidePlanning/ServerSidePlannedTableSuite.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ServerSidePlannedTableSuite extends QueryTest with DeltaSQLCommandTest {
         name STRING,
         value INT,
         a STRUCT<`b.c`: STRING>
-      ) USING parquet
+      ) USING delta
     """)
     sql("""
       INSERT INTO test_db.shared_test (id, name, value, a) VALUES
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class ServerSidePlannedTableSuite extends QueryTest with DeltaSQLCommandTest {
         CREATE TABLE readonly_test (
           id INT,
           data STRING
-        ) USING parquet
+        ) USING delta
       """)
 
       // First insert WITHOUT server-side planning should succeed