diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 5b239d3bfb2d36264bb923935eabe2229186125c..bbc0472b2f8e6743ebe12324d96b52a4cf67fe04 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -3011,7 +3011,7 @@ int32_t addExprAndResultField(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, int32_t col
         return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg9);
       }
 
-      if (taosArrayGetSize(pItem->pNode->Expr.paramList) <= 0) {
+      if (pItem->pNode->Expr.paramList == NULL || taosArrayGetSize(pItem->pNode->Expr.paramList) <= 0) {
         return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg13);        
       }