diff --git a/src/util/src/tlog.c b/src/util/src/tlog.c
index 232d10a7d07594c9c62cd13767c320da27af2a73..7b5dafcc8e771ba7d6e7b5691226bbc84a556ef8 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tlog.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tlog.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void taosCloseLog() {
   taosStopLog();
   //tsem_post(&(tsLogObj.logHandle->buffNotEmpty));
   taosMsleep(MAX_LOG_INTERVAL/1000);
-  if (taosCheckPthreadValid(tsLogObj.logHandle->asyncThread)) {
+  if (tsLogObj.logHandle && taosCheckPthreadValid(tsLogObj.logHandle->asyncThread)) {
     pthread_join(tsLogObj.logHandle->asyncThread, NULL);
   }
   // In case that other threads still use log resources causing invalid write in valgrind