diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
index dc7ffa9b13cd726fe742d727af3a7a83ea5800c7..0b8829a0c001c91c62cdf9855ba8d24bd468627e 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ void cliReadTimeoutCb(uv_timer_t* handle) {
   // set up timeout cb
   SCliConn* conn = handle->data;
   tTrace("%s conn %p timeout, ref:%d", CONN_GET_INST_LABEL(conn), conn, T_REF_VAL_GET(conn));
+  uv_read_stop(conn->stream);
   cliHandleExceptImpl(conn, TSDB_CODE_RPC_TIMEOUT);
 }