diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index 89749202ef0095d6c1f2bb117f9999dd076177cf..720327e32774dc48a91b9cceb817cafd3318ebad 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -2437,7 +2437,9 @@ void tscDoQuery(SSqlObj* pSql) {
     SQueryInfo *pQueryInfo = tscGetQueryInfoDetail(pCmd, pCmd->clauseIndex);
     uint16_t type = pQueryInfo->type;
 
-    if ((pCmd->command == TSDB_SQL_SELECT) && (!TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_SUBQUERY)) && (!TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_STABLE_SUBQUERY))) {
+    if ((pCmd->command == TSDB_SQL_SELECT) && (((!TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_SUBQUERY)) &&
+                                                (!TSDB_QUERY_HAS_TYPE(type, TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_STABLE_SUBQUERY))) ||
+                                               (tscIsProjectionQuery(pQueryInfo)))) {
       tscAddIntoSqlList(pSql);
     }