diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
index 07e671ad050a3227680779fd43cd8d8052ea6fb2..18efabd44f4b405a411301d56a5ee7b8ae079320 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void cliHandleResp(SCliConn* conn) {
   }
 
   if (CONN_NO_PERSIST_BY_APP(conn)) {
-    addConnToPool(pThrd->pool, conn);
+    return addConnToPool(pThrd->pool, conn);
   }
 
   uv_read_start((uv_stream_t*)conn->stream, cliAllocRecvBufferCb, cliRecvCb);