diff --git a/src/util/src/tskiplist.c b/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
index 3a474fe6c15629953dda23fc525362037cf4221a..2394adc6f33b93aa38b4daca6990fbc163c0738c 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tskiplist.c
@@ -194,13 +194,12 @@ void *tSkipListDestroy(SSkipList *pSkipList) {
     pthread_rwlock_wrlock(pSkipList->lock);
   }
 
-  SSkipListNode *pNode = SL_GET_FORWARD_POINTER(pSkipList->pHead, 0);
+  if (pSkipList->keyInfo.freeNode) {
+    SSkipListNode *pNode = SL_GET_FORWARD_POINTER(pSkipList->pHead, 0);
 
-  while (pNode != pSkipList->pTail) {
-    SSkipListNode *pTemp = pNode;
-    pNode = SL_GET_FORWARD_POINTER(pNode, 0);
-    
-    if (pSkipList->keyInfo.freeNode) {
+    while (pNode != pSkipList->pTail) {
+      SSkipListNode *pTemp = pNode;
+      pNode = SL_GET_FORWARD_POINTER(pNode, 0);
       tfree(pTemp);
     }
   }