diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index 11cea4105060dc8ddb1ffa8b26c4f46256c9b864..d28f6f3ead8a71f0af0c3fc09939adeecf26a85d 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -2994,7 +2994,8 @@ int32_t tscValidateName(SStrToken* pToken, bool escapeEnabled, bool *dbIncluded)
         if (sep == NULL) {
           return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_OPERATION;
         }
-        *dbIncluded = true;
+
+        if (dbIncluded)  *dbIncluded = true;
 
         return tscValidateName(pToken, escapeEnabled, NULL);
       }