diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
index 4d36c740b43d27db65464d5f8753dee1e15e7ce1..0892182f03903f537ca076ea41baaaa2b2800c8d 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
@@ -3361,6 +3361,10 @@ static void* doFreeColumnInfoData(SArray* pColumnInfoData) {
 }
 
 static void* destroyTableCheckInfo(SArray* pTableCheckInfo) {
+  if (pTableCheckInfo == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  
   size_t size = taosArrayGetSize(pTableCheckInfo);
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
     STableCheckInfo* p = taosArrayGet(pTableCheckInfo, i);