diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 6f4ab16e4d7ced3b6072446fd4b0717714460800..4a02d51b2994191d0a853261e51e1909ff41d56e 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -2472,6 +2472,7 @@ int32_t addExprAndResultField(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, int32_t col
   const char* msg10 = "derivative duration should be greater than 1 Second";
   const char* msg11 = "third parameter in derivative should be 0 or 1";
   const char* msg12 = "parameter is out of range [1, 100]";
+  const char* msg13 = "parameter list required";
 
   switch (functionId) {
     case TSDB_FUNC_COUNT: {
@@ -3023,6 +3024,10 @@ int32_t addExprAndResultField(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, int32_t col
         return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg9);
       }
 
+      if (taosArrayGetSize(pItem->pNode->Expr.paramList) <= 0) {
+        return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg13);        
+      }
+      
       tSqlExprItem* pParamElem = taosArrayGet(pItem->pNode->Expr.paramList, 0);;
       if (pParamElem->pNode->tokenId != TK_ID) {
         return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg2);