diff --git a/src/common/src/tvariant.c b/src/common/src/tvariant.c
index 5c5cda3b5d7411e51bb2adb008ed8671ae778537..9eb9924932c7757c3c999eb5afadd8c719dc16bc 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tvariant.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tvariant.c
@@ -145,9 +145,7 @@ void tVariantAssign(tVariant *pDst, const tVariant *pSrc) {
   if (pSrc == NULL || pDst == NULL) return;
   
   pDst->nType = pSrc->nType;
-  if (pSrc->nType >= TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BOOL && pSrc->nType <= TSDB_DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE) {
-    pDst->i64Key = pSrc->i64Key;
-  } else if (pSrc->nType == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY || pSrc->nType == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR) {
+  if (pSrc->nType == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY || pSrc->nType == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR) {
     int32_t len = pSrc->nLen + TSDB_NCHAR_SIZE;
     char* p = realloc(pDst->pz, len);
     assert(p);
@@ -157,6 +155,12 @@ void tVariantAssign(tVariant *pDst, const tVariant *pSrc) {
 
     memcpy(pDst->pz, pSrc->pz, pSrc->nLen);
     pDst->nLen = pSrc->nLen;
+    return;
+
+  }
+
+  if (pSrc->nType >= TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BOOL && pSrc->nType <= TSDB_DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE) {
+    pDst->i64Key = pSrc->i64Key;
   } else if (pSrc->nType == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_ARRAY) {  // this is only for string array
     size_t num = taosArrayGetSize(pSrc->arr);
     pDst->arr = taosArrayInit(num, sizeof(char*));