diff --git a/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h b/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h
index f0518a72ab38d5ab902d4013c66f560a6b0df4e8..8878bdcc99361a15d77294274c177fb8ac4acd0e 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h
+++ b/source/libs/executor/inc/executorimpl.h
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ void    initLimitInfo(const SNode* pLimit, const SNode* pSLimit, SLimitInfo* pLi
 void    doApplyFunctions(SExecTaskInfo* taskInfo, SqlFunctionCtx* pCtx, SColumnInfoData* pTimeWindowData, int32_t offset,
                          int32_t forwardStep, int32_t numOfTotal, int32_t numOfOutput);
 
-int32_t extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(SSDataBlock* pRes, char* pData, int32_t numOfOutput, SArray* pColList, char** pNextStart);
+int32_t extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(SSDataBlock* pRes, char* pData, SArray* pColList, char** pNextStart);
 void updateLoadRemoteInfo(SLoadRemoteDataInfo *pInfo, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t dataLen, int64_t startTs,
                           SOperatorInfo* pOperator);
 
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c b/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
index 39be1f76200158453986d94722af7223022d5178..ec766913a9edb431f108cc3efa39b863032fb46a 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
@@ -1866,13 +1866,11 @@ void updateLoadRemoteInfo(SLoadRemoteDataInfo* pInfo, int32_t numOfRows, int32_t
   pOperator->resultInfo.totalRows += numOfRows;
 }
 
-int32_t extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(SSDataBlock* pRes, char* pData, int32_t numOfOutput, SArray* pColList,
-                                     char** pNextStart) {
+int32_t extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(SSDataBlock* pRes, char* pData, SArray* pColList, char** pNextStart) {
   if (pColList == NULL) {  // data from other sources
     blockDataCleanup(pRes);
     *pNextStart = (char*)blockDecode(pRes, pData);
   } else {  // extract data according to pColList
-    ASSERT(numOfOutput == taosArrayGetSize(pColList));
     char* pStart = pData;
 
     int32_t numOfCols = htonl(*(int32_t*)pStart);
@@ -1970,7 +1968,7 @@ static void concurrentlyLoadRemoteDataImpl(SOperatorInfo* pOperator, SExchangeIn
       char*              pStart = pRetrieveRsp->data;
       while (index++ < pRetrieveRsp->numOfBlocks) {
         SSDataBlock* pb = createOneDataBlock(pExchangeInfo->pDummyBlock, false);
-        code = extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(pb, pStart, pRetrieveRsp->numOfCols, NULL, &pStart);
+        code = extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(pb, pStart, NULL, &pStart);
         if (code != 0) {
           taosMemoryFreeClear(pDataInfo->pRsp);
           goto _error;
@@ -2095,7 +2093,7 @@ static int32_t seqLoadRemoteData(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
     SRetrieveTableRsp* pRetrieveRsp = pDataInfo->pRsp;
 
     char*   pStart = pRetrieveRsp->data;
-    int32_t code = extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(NULL, pStart, pRetrieveRsp->numOfCols, NULL, &pStart);
+    int32_t code = extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(NULL, pStart, NULL, &pStart);
 
     if (pRsp->completed == 1) {
       qDebug("%s fetch msg rsp from vgId:%d, taskId:0x%" PRIx64 " execId:%d numOfRows:%d, rowsOfSource:%" PRIu64
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c b/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
index d4c98adb7cbf1731173af1bc4fc9d2b5f3ed16b5..e23a591904859579617c7c27753832f73e00ab45 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ static SSDataBlock* doSysTableScan(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
       }
 
       char* pStart = pRsp->data;
-      extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(pInfo->pRes, pRsp->data, pOperator->exprSupp.numOfExprs, pInfo->scanCols, &pStart);
+      extractDataBlockFromFetchRsp(pInfo->pRes, pRsp->data, pInfo->scanCols, &pStart);
       updateLoadRemoteInfo(&pInfo->loadInfo, pRsp->numOfRows, pRsp->compLen, startTs, pOperator);
 
       // todo log the filter info