diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index d045000e24485f27d9cbde89ff76e794d12b2c32..824fff574e2fd1160eaa2cef1d6edc0869ea2a67 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -2127,7 +2127,11 @@ SSqlObj* createSubqueryObj(SSqlObj* pSql, int16_t tableIndex, __async_cb_func_t
                                      pTableMetaInfo->tagColList, pTableMetaInfo->pVgroupTables);
   } else {  // transfer the ownership of pTableMeta to the newly create sql object.
     STableMetaInfo* pPrevInfo = tscGetTableMetaInfoFromCmd(&pPrevSql->cmd, pPrevSql->cmd.clauseIndex, 0);
-
+    if (pPrevInfo->pTableMeta && pPrevInfo->pTableMeta->tableType < 0) {
+      terrno = TSDB_CODE_TSC_APP_ERROR;
+      goto _error;
+    }
+    
     STableMeta*  pPrevTableMeta = tscTableMetaDup(pPrevInfo->pTableMeta);
     SVgroupsInfo* pVgroupsInfo = pPrevInfo->vgroupList;
     pFinalInfo = tscAddTableMetaInfo(pNewQueryInfo, &pTableMetaInfo->name, pPrevTableMeta, pVgroupsInfo, pTableMetaInfo->tagColList,