diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
index 675ce7b144741b67c0ff76fdd36c6865d25a7661..6c7946b7328b609e92480f619f92dac2f4313fbe 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ bool tsdbIsNeedCommit(STsdbRepo *pRepo) {
   int nVal = 0;
   if (sem_getvalue(&pRepo->readyToCommit, &nVal) != 0) {
     tsdbError("vgId:%d failed to sem_getvalue of readyToCommit", REPO_ID(pRepo));
+    return false;
   }
   return nVal > 0;
 }