diff --git a/src/client/src/tscPrepare.c b/src/client/src/tscPrepare.c
index 3f12bc811bd2508583397c37723b498c710088d1..a8aea1c8d3f4d4923ab648c1918da36d410edfa0 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscPrepare.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscPrepare.c
@@ -1528,13 +1528,14 @@ int taos_stmt_prepare(TAOS_STMT* stmt, const char* sql, unsigned long length) {
 
 int taos_stmt_set_tbname_tags(TAOS_STMT* stmt, const char* name, TAOS_BIND* tags) {
   STscStmt* pStmt = (STscStmt*)stmt;
-  SSqlObj* pSql = pStmt->pSql;
-  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
 
   if (stmt == NULL || pStmt->pSql == NULL || pStmt->taos == NULL) {
     STMT_RET(TSDB_CODE_TSC_DISCONNECTED);
   }
 
+  SSqlObj* pSql = pStmt->pSql;
+  SSqlCmd* pCmd = &pSql->cmd;
+
   if (name == NULL) {
     tscError("0x%"PRIx64" name is NULL", pSql->self);
     STMT_RET(invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(&pStmt->pSql->cmd), "name is NULL"));