diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 70fd60f1c9d744c7f2ea30db9b6eac49d53f6d7c..203538fbf41ed917f8dba15eeaa34c30fbe2ada8 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -2594,9 +2594,9 @@ int tscProcessMultiTableMetaRsp(SSqlObj *pSql) {
       STableMetaVgroupInfo p = {.pTableMeta = pTableMeta,};
       size_t keyLen = strnlen(pMetaMsg->tableFname, TSDB_TABLE_FNAME_LEN);
       void* t = taosHashGet(pParentCmd->pTableMetaMap, pMetaMsg->tableFname, keyLen);
-      assert(t == NULL);
-
-      taosHashPut(pParentCmd->pTableMetaMap, pMetaMsg->tableFname, keyLen, &p, sizeof(STableMetaVgroupInfo));
+      if(t == NULL) {
+        taosHashPut(pParentCmd->pTableMetaMap, pMetaMsg->tableFname, keyLen, &p, sizeof(STableMetaVgroupInfo));
+      }
     } else {
       freeMeta = true;
     }