diff --git a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
index 6d60e201bb8467ef59f4b4edf8e734babf553cd8..fca59c9033024d771a377235cdc05369901d81db 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qExecutor.c
@@ -5522,8 +5522,10 @@ static SSDataBlock* doSort(void* param, bool* newgroup) {
   }
 
   __compar_fn_t  comp = getKeyComparFunc(pSchema[pInfo->colIndex].type, pInfo->order);
-  taoscQSort(pCols, pSchema, numOfCols, pInfo->pDataBlock->info.rows, pInfo->colIndex, comp);
-
+  if (pInfo->pDataBlock->info.rows) {
+    taoscQSort(pCols, pSchema, numOfCols, pInfo->pDataBlock->info.rows, pInfo->colIndex, comp);
+  }
+  
   tfree(pCols);
   tfree(pSchema);
   return (pInfo->pDataBlock->info.rows > 0)? pInfo->pDataBlock:NULL;