diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index c1727edbf06446d0e9685029beaebd6f4f30ae3f..5d5fb98ea0b253bf19d4143ca8d6521154dfc6c5 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -2038,6 +2038,7 @@ int32_t validateSelectNodeList(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SArray* pS
   const char* msg6 = "not support distinct mixed with join"; 
   const char* msg7 = "not support distinct mixed with groupby";
   const char* msg8 = "not support distinct in nest query";
+  const char* msg9 = "_block_dist not support subquery, only support stable/table";
 
   // too many result columns not support order by in query
   if (taosArrayGetSize(pSelNodeList) > TSDB_MAX_COLUMNS) {
@@ -2066,6 +2067,11 @@ int32_t validateSelectNodeList(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SArray* pS
       if (hasDistinct)  break;
 
       pItem->pNode->functionId = isValidFunction(pItem->pNode->Expr.operand.z, pItem->pNode->Expr.operand.n);
+
+      if (pItem->pNode->functionId == TSDB_FUNC_BLKINFO && taosArrayGetSize(pQueryInfo->pUpstream) > 0) {
+        return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg9);
+      }
+
       SUdfInfo* pUdfInfo = NULL;
       if (pItem->pNode->functionId < 0) {
         pUdfInfo = isValidUdf(pQueryInfo->pUdfInfo, pItem->pNode->Expr.operand.z, pItem->pNode->Expr.operand.n);
diff --git a/tests/script/general/compute/block_dist.sim b/tests/script/general/compute/block_dist.sim
index 51cf903654fe6173a5f78cdfdbd9c63b301cfa07..5343c1db286d41c6f1d588617a1123f4993ccf29 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/compute/block_dist.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/compute/block_dist.sim
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ if $rows != 1 then
   return -1
 endi
 
+print ============== TD-5998
+sql_error select _block_dist() from (select * from $nt)
+sql_error select _block_dist() from (select * from $mt)
+
 print =============== clear
 sql drop database $db
 sql show databases
@@ -91,4 +95,4 @@ if $rows != 0 then
   return -1
 endi
 
-system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT
\ No newline at end of file
+system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT