diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index cd4b140f6f3a6eebfe54394f938ffcaae44898b6..92ee99f548821fae73b4d420c403a6f318055b69 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -9224,7 +9224,8 @@ int32_t validateSqlNode(SSqlObj* pSql, SSqlNode* pSqlNode, SQueryInfo* pQueryInf
         SExprInfo* pExpr = tscExprGet(pQueryInfo, i);
 
         int32_t f = pExpr->base.functionId;
-        if (f == TSDB_FUNC_DERIVATIVE || f == TSDB_FUNC_TWA || f == TSDB_FUNC_IRATE || f == TSDB_FUNC_RATE || f== TSDB_FUNC_DIFF) {
+        if (f == TSDB_FUNC_DERIVATIVE || f == TSDB_FUNC_TWA || f == TSDB_FUNC_IRATE || 
+            f == TSDB_FUNC_RATE       || f == TSDB_FUNC_DIFF) {
           return invalidOperationMsg(tscGetErrorMsgPayload(pCmd), msg7);
         }
       }
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim
index 7654146b6cb1bbf8f4ebb6cce1c239b1c6f9fa20..16803ea0965a66107a90aaf7ad37d715314a8258 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim
@@ -419,12 +419,14 @@ if $data03 != @20-09-15 00:00:00.000@ then
   return -1
 endi
 
+sql_error select diff(val) from (select c1 val from nest_tb0);
+
 sql select diff(val) from (select ts,c1 val from nest_tb0);
 if $rows != 9999 then
   return -1
 endi
 
-if $data00 != @70-01-01 08:00:00.000@ then
+if $data00 != @20-09-15 00:01:00.000@ then
   return -1
 endi