diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
index e3ad254bbb1a4ce0a3c504e9a799a109b7e1159a..450ab61eed7e5f576fda72745972ed0b6f0c12cb 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static SMemRow getSMemRowInTableMem(STableCheckInfo* pCheckInfo, int32_t order,
         pCheckInfo->chosen = CHECKINFO_CHOSEN_IMEM;
         return rimem;
       } else {
-        pCheckInfo->chosen = CHECKINFO_CHOSEN_IMEM;
+        pCheckInfo->chosen = CHECKINFO_CHOSEN_MEM;
         return rmem;
       }
     }