diff --git a/src/system/lite/src/mgmtDnodeInt.spec.c b/src/system/lite/src/mgmtDnodeInt.spec.c
index 734fa630c5303faddb510093c20de21aafc521b9..cc3351768f5299015d7786dc12981422e8f91003 100644
--- a/src/system/lite/src/mgmtDnodeInt.spec.c
+++ b/src/system/lite/src/mgmtDnodeInt.spec.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ int taosSendMsgToDnode(SDnodeObj *pObj, char *msg, int msgLen) {
    * Lite version has no message header, so minus one
    */
   SSchedMsg schedMsg;
+  schedMsg.tfp = NULL;
   schedMsg.fp = vnodeProcessMsgFromMgmtSpec;
   schedMsg.msg = msg - 1;
   schedMsg.ahandle = NULL;