diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index f4a694ad71cfd62f25f4df9000baecfada1fdbf4..2081a6df5ae753c9f0740430e6424fbf7a3d3c1d 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -2875,6 +2875,7 @@ int32_t tscValidateName(SStrToken* pToken, bool escapeEnabled, bool *dbIncluded)
         if (sep == NULL) {
           return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_OPERATION;
         }
+        *dbIncluded = true;
 
         return tscValidateName(pToken, escapeEnabled, NULL);
       }