diff --git a/store/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/store/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java b/store/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/store/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java
index 50a48d4de9c26be4144a9fc938a76a5e6dcef096..3be8cbc809ed59f6d39de94cd407a01741a899be 100644
--- a/store/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/store/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java
+++ b/store/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/store/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.apache.rocketmq.common.ConfigManager;
+import org.apache.rocketmq.common.MixAll;
 import org.apache.rocketmq.common.TopicFilterType;
 import org.apache.rocketmq.common.constant.LoggerName;
 import org.apache.rocketmq.logging.InternalLogger;
@@ -305,6 +306,11 @@ public class ScheduleMessageService extends ConfigManager {
                                 if (msgExt != null) {
                                     try {
                                         MessageExtBrokerInner msgInner = this.messageTimeup(msgExt);
+                                        if (MixAll.RMQ_SYS_TRANS_HALF_TOPIC.equals(msgInner.getTopic())) {
+                                            log.error("[BUG] the real topic of schedule msg is {}, discard the msg. msg={}",
+                                                    msgInner.getTopic(), msgInner);
+                                            continue;
+                                        }
                                         PutMessageResult putMessageResult =
                                             ScheduleMessageService.this.writeMessageStore
                                                 .putMessage(msgInner);