diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 3b3884eb0753cdc0d16f2546ae643c021bde5dbf..d0c9d3636b697a9b0f3e6c20a3a2a93f041e3485 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void tscIpSetHtons(SRpcIpSet *s) {
    }
 } 
 bool tscIpSetIsEqual(SRpcIpSet *s1, SRpcIpSet *s2) {
-   if (s1->numOfIps != s2->numOfIps /*|| s1->inUse != s1->inUse*/) {
+   if (s1->numOfIps != s2->numOfIps || s1->inUse != s2->inUse) {
      return false;
    } 
    for (int32_t i = 0; i < s1->numOfIps; i++) {
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ static void tscDumpIpSetFromVgroupInfo(SCMVgroupInfo *pVgroupInfo, SRpcIpSet *pI
   if (vgId) { 
     *vgId = pVgroupInfo->vgId; 
   }
-  pIpSet->inUse = 0; 
+  int8_t inUse = pVgroupInfo->inUse;
+  pIpSet->inUse = (inUse >= 0 && inUse < TSDB_MAX_REPLICA) ? inUse: 0; 
   pIpSet->numOfIps = pVgroupInfo->numOfIps;  
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < pVgroupInfo->numOfIps; ++i) {
     strncpy(pIpSet->fqdn[i], pVgroupInfo->ipAddr[i].fqdn, TSDB_FQDN_LEN);
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ static void tscUpdateVgroupInfo(SSqlObj *pObj, SRpcIpSet *pIpSet) {
   SCMVgroupInfo *pVgroupInfo = &pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta->vgroupInfo;
 
   taosCorBeginWrite(&pVgroupInfo->version);
-  //TODO(dengyihao), dont care vgid  
+  //TODO(dengyihao), dont care vgid 
+  pVgroupInfo->inUse = pIpSet->inUse;
   pVgroupInfo->numOfIps = pIpSet->numOfIps;
   for (int32_t i = 0; pVgroupInfo->numOfIps; i++) {
     strncpy(pVgroupInfo->ipAddr[i].fqdn, pIpSet->fqdn[i], TSDB_FQDN_LEN);
@@ -1897,6 +1899,7 @@ int tscProcessSTableVgroupRsp(SSqlObj *pSql) {
       //just init, no need to lock
       SCMVgroupInfo *pVgroups = &pInfo->vgroupList->vgroups[j];
       pVgroups->version = 0;
+      pVgroups->inUse = 0;
       pVgroups->vgId = htonl(pVgroups->vgId);
       assert(pVgroups->numOfIps >= 1);
       for (int32_t k = 0; k < pVgroups->numOfIps; ++k) {
diff --git a/src/inc/taosmsg.h b/src/inc/taosmsg.h
index c12aed2bccb2c620c696b370406a9b4ba5405d76..fec3d77d8e51628b159ac54c1331c3e6e138f83f 100644
--- a/src/inc/taosmsg.h
+++ b/src/inc/taosmsg.h
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ typedef struct SCMSTableVgroupMsg {
 typedef struct {
   int32_t   version;
   int32_t   vgId;
+  int8_t    inUse;
   int8_t    numOfIps;
   SIpAddr   ipAddr[TSDB_MAX_REPLICA];
 } SCMVgroupInfo;