diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 35d6d23a83a35e0e6b4e4bfb7e8d99d7fdcc64ed..9746f79d9ae51845c9b997929916b6f83a0cc140 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -4531,6 +4531,10 @@ static int32_t validateMatchExpr(tSqlExpr* pExpr, STableMeta* pTableMeta, int32_
       return invalidOperationMsg(msgBuf, msg2);
     }
 
+    if (!(pRight->type == SQL_NODE_VALUE && pRight->value.nType == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY)) {
+      return invalidOperationMsg(msgBuf, msg3);
+    }
+
     int errCode = 0;
     regex_t regex;
     char    regErrBuf[256] = {0};
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/regex.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/regex.sim
index 36b7ce99846f64baf96d4861c13c3b52b7cae9ad..eed36018d4c04ec5752e64105d025347982bfcb0 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/regex.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/regex.sim
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ if $rows != 1 then
   return -1
 endi  
 
+sql_error select c1b from $st_name where c1b match e;
+sql_error select c1b from $st_name where c1b nmatch e;
+
 sql create table wrong_type(ts timestamp, c0 tinyint, c1 smallint, c2 int, c3 bigint, c4 float, c5 double, c6 bool, c7 nchar(20)) tags(t0 tinyint, t1 smallint, t2 int, t3 bigint, t4 float, t5 double, t6 bool, t7 nchar(10))
 sql insert into wrong_type_1 using wrong_type tags(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, true, 'notsupport') values(now, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, false, 'notsupport') 
 sql_error select * from wrong_type where ts match '.*'