diff --git a/src/util/src/hash.c b/src/util/src/hash.c
index 7d10545ce7e9548cddb8c4ccb2ceff563c8092ff..2912b0a891b1e2f34d79cbb071ff782108dc4fbf 100644
--- a/src/util/src/hash.c
+++ b/src/util/src/hash.c
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ int32_t taosHashRemoveWithData(SHashObj *pHashObj, const void *key, size_t keyLe
 
   // no data, return directly
   if (pe->num == 0) {
-    assert(pe->next == NULL);
     __rd_unlock(&pHashObj->lock, pHashObj->type);
     return -1;
   }
diff --git a/src/util/src/tcache.c b/src/util/src/tcache.c
index dfa982b848edc228421a16943723c250e3c45094..9df05a0ee89128122241ee52a4bf49611031490a 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tcache.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tcache.c
@@ -381,10 +381,7 @@ void taosCacheRelease(SCacheObj *pCacheObj, void **data, bool _remove) {
       if (ret == 0) {
         if (ref > 0) {
           assert(pNode->pTNodeHeader == NULL);
-
-          __cache_wr_lock(pCacheObj);
           taosAddToTrash(pCacheObj, pNode);
-          __cache_unlock(pCacheObj);
         } else {  // ref == 0
           atomic_sub_fetch_64(&pCacheObj->totalSize, pNode->size);
 
@@ -485,18 +482,21 @@ void taosAddToTrash(SCacheObj *pCacheObj, SCacheDataNode *pNode) {
 
   STrashElem *pElem = calloc(1, sizeof(STrashElem));
   pElem->pData = pNode;
+  pElem->prev  = NULL;
+
+  pNode->pTNodeHeader = pElem;
+  pNode->inTrashCan = true;
+
+  __cache_wr_lock(pCacheObj);
 
   pElem->next = pCacheObj->pTrash;
   if (pCacheObj->pTrash) {
     pCacheObj->pTrash->prev = pElem;
   }
 
-  pElem->prev = NULL;
   pCacheObj->pTrash = pElem;
-
-  pNode->inTrashCan = true;
-  pNode->pTNodeHeader = pElem;
   pCacheObj->numOfElemsInTrash++;
+  __cache_unlock(pCacheObj);
 
   uDebug("%s key:%p, %p move to trash, numOfElem in trash:%d", pCacheObj->name, pNode->key, pNode->data,
       pCacheObj->numOfElemsInTrash);