diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim
index 3a9c42cce2a2fd9757b2c5941c33452d0a091f45..0a5b97c61e4aa392ad0f593c6253e0a460a65682 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/where.sim
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ if $rows != 5 then
 endi
 
 print ======================>td-11169
+sql drop table where_ts;
 sql create stable m1 (ts timestamp , k int) tags(a binary(15000));
 sql create table tm0 using m1 tags('abc');
 sql insert into tm0  values(now, 1);