diff --git a/src/client/src/tscLocal.c b/src/client/src/tscLocal.c
index ab52ef396b57e63a20060e2346d2052e9b851c64..dfc0e3af4ed303b2b82c6b1cee4dee63c0a19e38 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscLocal.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscLocal.c
@@ -823,6 +823,9 @@ static int32_t tscProcessClientVer(SSqlObj *pSql) {
 // TODO add test cases.
 static int32_t checkForOnlineNode(SSqlObj* pSql) {
   int32_t* data = pSql->res.length;
+  if (data == NULL) {
+    return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+  }
 
   int32_t total  = data[0];
   int32_t online = data[1];