diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 0864095a2175a6686f7caed7bc31aa2fc6b352c8..faebe88653c42837621cd28b78e2a30b5689e60c 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -2467,6 +2467,7 @@ 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: {
@@ -3018,6 +3019,10 @@ 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);