diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index 697a3bc6611e4decfdbc3cee917dbf41c54fc13b..2ed8ea94b53955a2061ffe763cb0521daab30fd9 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -2924,7 +2924,9 @@ int32_t getMultiTableMetaFromMnode(SSqlObj *pSql, SArray* pNameList, SArray* pVg
 }
 
 int32_t tscGetTableMetaImpl(SSqlObj* pSql, STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo, bool autocreate, bool onlyLocal) {
-  assert(tIsValidName(&pTableMetaInfo->name));
+  if (!tIsValidName(&pTableMetaInfo->name)) {
+    return TSDB_CODE_TSC_APP_ERROR;
+  }
 
   char name[TSDB_TABLE_FNAME_LEN] = {0};
   tNameExtractFullName(&pTableMetaInfo->name, name);