diff --git a/src/Storages/ObjectStorage/StorageObjectStorage.cpp b/src/Storages/ObjectStorage/StorageObjectStorage.cpp
index 7d784e8c73d7..18caf93c588f 100644
--- a/src/Storages/ObjectStorage/StorageObjectStorage.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/ObjectStorage/StorageObjectStorage.cpp
@@ -882,6 +882,14 @@ SchemaCache & StorageObjectStorage::getSchemaCache(const ContextPtr & context, c
 
 void StorageObjectStorage::mutate([[maybe_unused]] const MutationCommands & commands, [[maybe_unused]] ContextPtr context_)
 {
+    /// For datalake tables (e.g. Iceberg), refresh external metadata so that the
+    /// storage snapshot contains the `datalake_table_state`. Without this the mutation
+    /// pipeline will hit a `LOGICAL_ERROR` exception in `iterate` when building the read side.
+    /// Normally `updateExternalDynamicMetadataIfExists` is called by the
+    /// analyzer/interpreter for `SELECT` and `INSERT` queries, but `InterpreterAlterQuery`
+    /// does not call it before invoking `mutate`.
+    updateExternalDynamicMetadataIfExists(context_);
+
     auto metadata_snapshot = getInMemoryMetadataPtr();
     auto storage = getStorageID();
     configuration->mutate(commands, context_, storage, metadata_snapshot, catalog, format_settings);
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/04092_iceberg_mutate_without_prior_select.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/04092_iceberg_mutate_without_prior_select.reference
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..61780798228d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/04092_iceberg_mutate_without_prior_select.reference
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/04092_iceberg_mutate_without_prior_select.sh b/tests/queries/0_stateless/04092_iceberg_mutate_without_prior_select.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..cae6d7a32f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/04092_iceberg_mutate_without_prior_select.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Tags: no-fasttest
+
+# Regression test: ALTER TABLE UPDATE on an Iceberg table used to throw a
+# LOGICAL_ERROR exception ("Can't extract iceberg table state from storage
+# snapshot") when no SELECT or INSERT preceded the mutation in the same server
+# lifetime.
+# The root cause was that `StorageObjectStorage::mutate` did not call
+# `updateExternalDynamicMetadataIfExists` before reading data, so the storage
+# snapshot lacked the `datalake_table_state` required by `IcebergMetadata::iterate`.
+
+# Use `IcebergS3` rather than `IcebergLocal`, because the local object storage
+# becomes read-only after `ATTACH` (it honours the `is_readonly` flag passed to
+# `createObjectStorage`), which would block the mutation. S3 ignores that flag.
+
+CURDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+# shellcheck source=../shell_config.sh
+. "$CURDIR"/../shell_config.sh
+
+TABLE="t_${CLICKHOUSE_DATABASE}_${RANDOM}"
+TABLE_PATH="04092_iceberg_mutate/${CLICKHOUSE_TEST_UNIQUE_NAME}"
+
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${TABLE}"
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "
+    CREATE TABLE ${TABLE} (c0 String)
+    ENGINE = IcebergS3(s3_conn, filename = '${TABLE_PATH}')
+"
+
+# Populate the Iceberg data files in S3.
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --allow_insert_into_iceberg=1 --query "INSERT INTO ${TABLE} VALUES ('a')"
+
+# DETACH + ATTACH rebuilds the storage object from the stored CREATE statement,
+# so its in-memory metadata has no `datalake_table_state` loaded — the same
+# state as after a server restart. The Iceberg files in S3 are preserved.
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "DETACH TABLE ${TABLE}"
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "ATTACH TABLE ${TABLE}"
+
+# This mutation is the first data-reading operation on the freshly attached
+# storage — no prior SELECT or INSERT has called
+# `updateExternalDynamicMetadataIfExists`.
+# `validate_mutation_query = 0` is required to suppress the validate stage
+# of `MutationsInterpreter`, which would otherwise construct an
+# `InterpreterSelectQuery` whose constructor calls
+# `updateExternalDynamicMetadataIfExists` as a side effect and masks the bug.
+# Without the fix, this throws a `LOGICAL_ERROR` exception.
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --allow_insert_into_iceberg=1 --validate_mutation_query=0 --query "ALTER TABLE ${TABLE} UPDATE c0 = 'b' WHERE TRUE"
+
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "SELECT c0 FROM ${TABLE}"
+
+${CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT} --query "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${TABLE}"