diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 5296b0c3d1b352eb640efd71d6af484fe353d73c..e04d947bfe3600b1515aa616665d59ec7ca4f0b1 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ void tscProcessMsgFromServer(SRpcMsg *rpcMsg, SRpcEpSet *pEpSet) {
         memcpy(pRes->pRsp, rpcMsg->pCont, pRes->rspLen);
       }
     } else {
-      if (pRes->code == TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+      if (!rpcMsg->pCont && TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS == pRes->code) {
         pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_RPC_UNEXPECTED_RESPONSE;
       }
       tfree(pRes->pRsp);