diff --git a/source/libs/stream/src/stream.c b/source/libs/stream/src/stream.c
index 79759ff012029bffa732646a7b31fd6ed91c26b6..9548c3c3279ab106bfce43037a4ec3a7d51d5af9 100644
--- a/source/libs/stream/src/stream.c
+++ b/source/libs/stream/src/stream.c
@@ -235,6 +235,24 @@ int32_t streamTaskOutputResultBlock(SStreamTask* pTask, SStreamDataBlock* pBlock
   return 0;
 }
 
+static int32_t streamTaskAppendInputBlocks(SStreamTask* pTask, const SStreamDispatchReq* pReq) {
+  int8_t status = 0;
+
+  SStreamDataBlock* pBlock = createStreamBlockFromDispatchMsg(pReq, pReq->type, pReq->srcVgId);
+  if (pBlock == NULL) {
+    streamTaskInputFail(pTask);
+    status = TASK_INPUT_STATUS__FAILED;
+    qError("vgId:%d, s-task:%s failed to receive dispatch msg, reason: out of memory", pTask->pMeta->vgId,
+           pTask->id.idStr);
+  } else {
+    int32_t code = tAppendDataToInputQueue(pTask, (SStreamQueueItem*)pBlock);
+    // input queue is full, upstream is blocked now
+    status = (code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) ? TASK_INPUT_STATUS__NORMAL : TASK_INPUT_STATUS__BLOCKED;
+  }
+
+  return status;
+}
+
 int32_t streamProcessDispatchMsg(SStreamTask* pTask, SStreamDispatchReq* pReq, SRpcMsg* pRsp, bool exec) {
   qDebug("s-task:%s receive dispatch msg from taskId:0x%x(vgId:%d), msgLen:%" PRId64, pTask->id.idStr,
          pReq->upstreamTaskId, pReq->upstreamNodeId, pReq->totalLen);