diff --git a/source/client/src/clientEnv.c b/source/client/src/clientEnv.c
index c8f3feb2d425858a76779cd2b94fcede72849e39..cae5c8715daafff8f58f82579af2577b9a6a323b 100644
--- a/source/client/src/clientEnv.c
+++ b/source/client/src/clientEnv.c
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ static void *tscCrashReportThreadFp(void *param) {
         tscError("failed to send crash report");
         if (pFile) {
           taosReleaseCrashLogFile(pFile, false);
+          pFile = NULL;
           continue;
         }
       } else {
@@ -468,6 +469,7 @@ static void *tscCrashReportThreadFp(void *param) {
 
     if (pFile) {
       taosReleaseCrashLogFile(pFile, truncateFile);
+      pFile = NULL;
       truncateFile = false;
     }
 
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_dnode/src/dmWorker.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_dnode/src/dmWorker.c
index 06b6221940a4f0991fe520a58e2918409139380b..89c394fdd0889a30b737b43f534aec96e3fb3afa 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_dnode/src/dmWorker.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_dnode/src/dmWorker.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static void *dmCrashReportThreadFp(void *param) {
         dError("failed to send crash report");
         if (pFile) {
           taosReleaseCrashLogFile(pFile, false);
+          pFile = NULL;
           continue;
         }
       } else {
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ static void *dmCrashReportThreadFp(void *param) {
     
     if (pFile) {
       taosReleaseCrashLogFile(pFile, truncateFile);
+      pFile = NULL;
       truncateFile = false;
     }