diff --git a/src/util/src/tkvstore.c b/src/util/src/tkvstore.c
index fb4ea2146fe74203da0ebb09ee8df2eb501e3ed5..41632d5b2bc7c5cbe89fc0bb22f8b53b1be26601 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tkvstore.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tkvstore.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static SKVStore *tdNewKVStore(char *fname, iterFunc iFunc, afterFunc aFunc, void
   if (pStore == NULL) goto _err;
 
   pStore->fname = strdup(fname);
-  if (pStore->map == NULL) {
+  if (pStore->fname == NULL) {
     terrno = TSDB_CODE_COM_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     goto _err;
   }