diff --git a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
index 69d48a99d755d3e6a021c2755a2b94eb9d8502be..cdc5dad8ecce3ee5aa924d447a13fe502f3d5f66 100644
--- a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
+++ b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
@@ -2797,6 +2797,10 @@ static int32_t translateOrderBy(STranslateContext* pCxt, SSelectStmt* pSelect) {
   bool    other;
   int32_t code = translateOrderByPosition(pCxt, pSelect->pProjectionList, pSelect->pOrderByList, &other);
   if (TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS == code) {
+    if (0 == LIST_LENGTH(pSelect->pOrderByList)) {
+      NODES_DESTORY_LIST(pSelect->pOrderByList);
+      return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+    }
     if (!other) {
       return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
     }
diff --git a/tests/system-test/2-query/projectionDesc.py b/tests/system-test/2-query/projectionDesc.py
index 6bb9aff4f3c8707a9fda16f4e240961ee91eaccf..1edceaa6f2ced20595132149c8d8f135111ce097 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/2-query/projectionDesc.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/2-query/projectionDesc.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         #tdSql.checkData(0,0,1537146000000)
         tdSql.checkData(0,1,10)
 
+        tdSql.query(f"select * from {dbname}.stb_1 order by 'aaa' desc")
 
     def stop(self):
         tdSql.close()