diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c
index 4cf6c4e55c7b8126cd4b999af58289625a9cad9b..5ee0e821b179cca5f1682fbe474fc5824522ced7 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeSvr.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ static int32_t vnodeProcessBatchDeleteReq(SVnode *pVnode, int64_t version, void
   tDecodeSBatchDeleteReq(&decoder, &deleteReq);
 
   SMetaReader mr = {0};
-  metaReaderInit(&mr, pVnode->pMeta, 0);
+  metaReaderInit(&mr, pVnode->pMeta, META_READER_NOLOCK);
 
   int32_t sz = taosArrayGetSize(deleteReq.deleteReqs);
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < sz; i++) {