diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 05393ab236ef72f5049d148971239aa4cc8dd9da..0894174435fb0bd6c513dc8fbb496107cf973ae8 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -2955,7 +2955,8 @@ int tscProcessQueryRsp(SSqlObj *pSql) {
   SQueryTableRsp *pQueryAttr = (SQueryTableRsp *)pRes->pRsp;
 
   if (pQueryAttr == NULL) {
-    pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+    tscError("0x%"PRIx64" invalid NULL query rsp received", pSql->self);
+    pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_QRY_APP_ERROR;
     return pRes->code;
   }