diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Note.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Note.java
index 9106cf5f17c..de4ea4059e5 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Note.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/Note.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -56,6 +55,11 @@
 import org.apache.zeppelin.user.AuthenticationInfo;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.user.Credentials;
 
+import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.EMPTY;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isEmpty;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isNotEmpty;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isBlank;
+
 /**
  * Binded interpreters for a note
  */
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ public class Note implements Serializable, ParagraphJobListener {
   private String name = "";
   private String id;
 
-  private AtomicReference<String> lastReplName = new AtomicReference<>(StringUtils.EMPTY);
+  private AtomicReference<String> lastReplName = new AtomicReference<>(EMPTY);
   private transient ZeppelinConfiguration conf = ZeppelinConfiguration.create();
 
   private Map<String, List<AngularObject>> angularObjects = new HashMap<>();
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ private void generateId() {
 
   private String getDefaultInterpreterName() {
     InterpreterSetting setting = factory.getDefaultInterpreterSetting(getId());
-    return null != setting ? setting.getName() : StringUtils.EMPTY;
+    return null != setting ? setting.getName() : EMPTY;
   }
 
   void putDefaultReplName() {
@@ -275,13 +279,17 @@ public Paragraph insertParagraph(int index) {
    */
   private void addLastReplNameIfEmptyText(Paragraph p) {
     String replName = lastReplName.get();
-    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(p.getText()) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(replName)) {
+    if (isEmpty(p.getText()) && isNotEmpty(replName) && isBinding(replName)) {
       p.setText(getInterpreterName(replName) + " ");
     }
   }
 
+  public boolean isBinding(String replName) {
+    return factory.getInterpreter(this.getId(), replName) != null;
+  }
+
   private String getInterpreterName(String replName) {
-    return StringUtils.isBlank(replName) ? StringUtils.EMPTY : "%" + replName;
+    return isBlank(replName) ? EMPTY : "%" + replName;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -569,7 +577,7 @@ public void persist(AuthenticationInfo subject) throws IOException {
   }
 
   private void setLastReplName(Paragraph lastParagraphStarted) {
-    if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(lastParagraphStarted.getRequiredReplName())) {
+    if (isNotEmpty(lastParagraphStarted.getRequiredReplName())) {
       lastReplName.set(lastParagraphStarted.getRequiredReplName());
     }
   }
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/NoteTest.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/NoteTest.java
index cff66adc78d..fda4e4e3249 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/NoteTest.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/notebook/NoteTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.Interpreter;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.InterpreterFactory;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.InterpreterSetting;
+import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.mock.MockInterpreter2;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.notebook.repo.NotebookRepo;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.scheduler.Scheduler;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.search.SearchService;
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ public void addParagraphWithLastReplName() {
 
     Note note = new Note(repo, interpreterFactory, jobListenerFactory, index, credentials, noteEventListener);
     note.putDefaultReplName(); //set lastReplName
+    when(interpreterFactory.getInterpreter(note.getId(), "spark")).thenReturn(new MockInterpreter2(null));
 
     Paragraph p = note.addParagraph();
 
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ public void insertParagraphWithLastReplName() {
 
     Note note = new Note(repo, interpreterFactory, jobListenerFactory, index, credentials, noteEventListener);
     note.putDefaultReplName(); //set lastReplName
+    when(interpreterFactory.getInterpreter(note.getId(), "spark")).thenReturn(new MockInterpreter2(null));
 
     Paragraph p = note.insertParagraph(note.getParagraphs().size());
 
@@ -171,4 +174,20 @@ public void setLastReplName() {
 
     assertEquals("spark", note.getLastReplName());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void isBindingTest() {
+    Note note = spy(new Note());
+    when(note.getId()).thenReturn("test1");
+    InterpreterFactory mockInterpreterFactory = mock(InterpreterFactory.class);
+    note.setInterpreterFactory(mockInterpreterFactory);
+
+    //when is not binding
+    assertFalse(note.isBinding("spark"));
+
+    //when is binding
+    when(mockInterpreterFactory.getInterpreter("test1", "spark")).
+        thenReturn(new MockInterpreter2(null));
+    assertTrue(note.isBinding("spark"));
+  }
 }