diff --git a/src/inc/query.h b/src/inc/query.h
index 88badc2d7b5a849114ee4437855d7cfe1c51c1d8..c648270b21cbf906b21e1f43343e4f9cf6864be3 100644
--- a/src/inc/query.h
+++ b/src/inc/query.h
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ int32_t qKillQuery(qinfo_t qinfo);
 void* qOpenQueryMgmt(int32_t vgId);
 void  qSetQueryMgmtClosed(void* pExecutor);
 void  qCleanupQueryMgmt(void* pExecutor);
-void** qRegisterQInfo(void* pMgmt, void* qInfo);
-void** qAcquireQInfo(void* pMgmt, void** key);
+void** qRegisterQInfo(void* pMgmt, uint64_t qInfo);
+void** qAcquireQInfo(void* pMgmt, uint64_t key);
 void** qReleaseQInfo(void* pMgmt, void* pQInfo, bool needFree);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/inc/taosmsg.h b/src/inc/taosmsg.h
index 8c987b6ef18750c2f422bd53684cc6fcd89ef0c7..ac89d1dabb44705711bdc4e2468e4d0ec330aa54 100644
--- a/src/inc/taosmsg.h
+++ b/src/inc/taosmsg.h
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct {
   int32_t  code;
-  uint64_t qhandle;
+  uint64_t qhandle; // query handle
 } SQueryTableRsp;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ typedef struct SRetrieveTableRsp {
   int32_t numOfRows;
   int8_t  completed;  // all results are returned to client
   int16_t precision;
-  int64_t offset;  // updated offset value for multi-vnode projection query
+  int64_t offset;     // updated offset value for multi-vnode projection query
   int64_t useconds;
   char    data[];
 } SRetrieveTableRsp;
diff --git a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
index ae41ac3e9f8b5e4b849b3056f4227635eaa394cb..b550106c7047191c22287f6bbdbda875df75dc7d 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
@@ -6517,11 +6517,13 @@ void qCleanupQueryMgmt(void* pQMgmt) {
   qDebug("vgId:%d querymgmt cleanup completed", vgId);
 }
 
-void** qRegisterQInfo(void* pMgmt, void* qInfo) {
+void** qRegisterQInfo(void* pMgmt, uint64_t qInfo) {
   if (pMgmt == NULL) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
+  const int32_t DEFAULT_QHANDLE_LIFE_SPAN = tsShellActivityTimer * 2;
+
   SQueryMgmt *pQueryMgmt = pMgmt;
   if (pQueryMgmt->qinfoPool == NULL) {
     return NULL;
@@ -6533,21 +6535,23 @@ void** qRegisterQInfo(void* pMgmt, void* qInfo) {
 
     return NULL;
   } else {
-    void** handle = taosCachePut(pQueryMgmt->qinfoPool, qInfo, POINTER_BYTES, &qInfo, POINTER_BYTES, tsShellActivityTimer*2);
+    uint64_t handleVal = (uint64_t) qInfo;
+
+    void** handle = taosCachePut(pQueryMgmt->qinfoPool, &handleVal, sizeof(int64_t), &qInfo, POINTER_BYTES, DEFAULT_QHANDLE_LIFE_SPAN);
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&pQueryMgmt->lock);
 
     return handle;
   }
 }
 
-void** qAcquireQInfo(void* pMgmt, void** key) {
+void** qAcquireQInfo(void* pMgmt, uint64_t key) {
   SQueryMgmt *pQueryMgmt = pMgmt;
 
   if (pQueryMgmt->qinfoPool == NULL || pQueryMgmt->closed) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  void** handle = taosCacheAcquireByKey(pQueryMgmt->qinfoPool, key, POINTER_BYTES);
+  void** handle = taosCacheAcquireByKey(pQueryMgmt->qinfoPool, &key, sizeof(uint64_t));
   if (handle == NULL || *handle == NULL) {
     return NULL;
   } else {
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
index fa65a56c81913c7445a06a8aed8dee2e3deef85f..f054ae390410dc0041825cc8c421b0664dba727d 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeRead.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int32_t vnodeProcessRead(void *param, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
 }
 
 static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
-  void *   pCont = pReadMsg->pCont;
+  void    *pCont = pReadMsg->pCont;
   int32_t  contLen = pReadMsg->contLen;
   SRspRet *pRet = &pReadMsg->rspRet;
 
@@ -74,19 +74,14 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
     killQueryMsg->free = htons(killQueryMsg->free);
     killQueryMsg->qhandle = htobe64(killQueryMsg->qhandle);
 
-    void* handle = NULL;
-    if ((void**) killQueryMsg->qhandle != NULL) {
-      handle = *(void**) killQueryMsg->qhandle;
-    }
-
-    vWarn("QInfo:%p connection %p broken, kill query", handle, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
+    vWarn("QInfo:%p connection %p broken, kill query", (void*) killQueryMsg->qhandle, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
     assert(pReadMsg->rpcMsg.contLen > 0 && killQueryMsg->free == 1);
 
-    void** qhandle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) killQueryMsg->qhandle);
+    void** qhandle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (uint64_t) killQueryMsg->qhandle);
     if (qhandle == NULL || *qhandle == NULL) {
       vWarn("QInfo:%p invalid qhandle, no matched query handle, conn:%p", (void*) killQueryMsg->qhandle, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
     } else {
-      assert(qhandle == (void**) killQueryMsg->qhandle);
+      assert(*qhandle == (void*) killQueryMsg->qhandle);
       qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &qhandle, true);
     }
 
@@ -110,7 +105,7 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
 
     // current connect is broken
     if (code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-      handle = qRegisterQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, pQInfo);
+      handle = qRegisterQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (uint64_t) pQInfo);
       if (handle == NULL) {  // failed to register qhandle
         pRsp->code = TSDB_CODE_QRY_INVALID_QHANDLE;
 
@@ -118,11 +113,11 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
         qKillQuery(pQInfo);
       } else {
         assert(*handle == pQInfo);
-        pRsp->qhandle = htobe64((uint64_t) (handle));
+        pRsp->qhandle = htobe64((uint64_t) pQInfo);
       }
 
       pQInfo = NULL;
-      if (handle != NULL && vnodeNotifyCurrentQhandle(pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle, handle, pVnode->vgId) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+      if (handle != NULL && vnodeNotifyCurrentQhandle(pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle, *handle, pVnode->vgId) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
         vError("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, query discarded since link is broken, %p", pVnode->vgId, *handle, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
         pRsp->code = TSDB_CODE_RPC_NETWORK_UNAVAIL;
 
@@ -136,18 +131,18 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessQueryMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
       assert(pQInfo == NULL);
     }
     if (handle != NULL) {
-      dnodePutItemIntoReadQueue(pVnode, handle);
+      dnodePutItemIntoReadQueue(pVnode, *handle);
       qReleaseQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) &handle, false);
     }
     vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, dnode query msg disposed", vgId, pQInfo);
   } else {
     assert(pCont != NULL);
-    handle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) pCont);
+    handle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (uint64_t) pCont);
     if (handle == NULL) {
-      vWarn("QInfo:%p invalid qhandle in continuing exec query, conn:%p", *(void**) pCont, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
+      vWarn("QInfo:%p invalid qhandle in continuing exec query, conn:%p", (void*) pCont, pReadMsg->rpcMsg.handle);
       code = TSDB_CODE_QRY_INVALID_QHANDLE;
     } else {
-      vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, dnode query msg in progress", pVnode->vgId, *(void**) pCont);
+      vDebug("vgId:%d, QInfo:%p, dnode query msg in progress", pVnode->vgId, (void*) pCont);
       code = TSDB_CODE_VND_ACTION_IN_PROGRESS;
       qTableQuery(*handle); // do execute query
     }
@@ -169,10 +164,10 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessFetchMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
   memset(pRet, 0, sizeof(SRspRet));
 
   int32_t code = TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
-  void** handle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, (void**) pRetrieve->qhandle);
-  if (handle == NULL || handle != (void**) pRetrieve->qhandle) {
+  void** handle = qAcquireQInfo(pVnode->qMgmt, pRetrieve->qhandle);
+  if (handle == NULL || (*handle) != (void*) pRetrieve->qhandle) {
     code = TSDB_CODE_QRY_INVALID_QHANDLE;
-    vDebug("vgId:%d, invalid qhandle in fetch result, QInfo:%p", pVnode->vgId, *(void**) pRetrieve->qhandle);
+    vDebug("vgId:%d, invalid qhandle in fetch result, QInfo:%p", pVnode->vgId, (void*) pRetrieve->qhandle);
 
     pRet->rsp = (SRetrieveTableRsp *)rpcMallocCont(sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
     pRet->len = sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp);
@@ -180,8 +175,8 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessFetchMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
     memset(pRet->rsp, 0, sizeof(SRetrieveTableRsp));
     SRetrieveTableRsp* pRsp = pRet->rsp;
     pRsp->numOfRows = 0;
-    pRsp->completed = true;
     pRsp->useconds  = 0;
+    pRsp->completed = true;
 
     return code;
   }
@@ -211,8 +206,8 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessFetchMsg(SVnodeObj *pVnode, SReadMsg *pReadMsg) {
   } else { // if failed to dump result, free qhandle immediately
     if ((code = qDumpRetrieveResult(*handle, (SRetrieveTableRsp **)&pRet->rsp, &pRet->len)) == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
       if (qHasMoreResultsToRetrieve(*handle)) {
-        dnodePutItemIntoReadQueue(pVnode, handle);
-        pRet->qhandle = handle;
+        dnodePutItemIntoReadQueue(pVnode, *handle);
+        pRet->qhandle = *handle;
         freeHandle = false;
       }
     }