diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c b/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
index 68417b4b8bd5b060aef557b80c4fe9354d3ec8e0..1cfabf2975c2805883ed9af802109cb9d5ed4442 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
@@ -2055,6 +2055,11 @@ void extractQualifiedTupleByFilterResult(SSDataBlock* pBlock, const int8_t* rowR
       SColumnInfoData* pDst = taosArrayGet(px->pDataBlock, i);
       SColumnInfoData* pSrc = taosArrayGet(pBlock->pDataBlock, i);
 
+      // it is a reserved column for scalar function, and no data in this column yet.
+      if (pSrc->pData == NULL) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       int32_t numOfRows = 0;
       for (int32_t j = 0; j < totalRows; ++j) {
         if (rowRes[j] == 0) {