diff --git a/src/client/src/tscDelete.c b/src/client/src/tscDelete.c
index b5d044d9dba7d98763666ee6bde7ba5de4d41ba3..c03f7d0574fc56fb898f88d60b86a3a4062d0ae6 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscDelete.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscDelete.c
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ int32_t executeDelete(SSqlObj* pSql, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
   
   SSubqueryState *pState = &pSql->subState;
   int32_t numOfSub = pTableMetaInfo->vgroupList->numOfVgroups;
+  if(numOfSub == 0) {
+    tscInfo(":CDEL SQL:%p tablename=%s numOfVgroups is zero, maybe empty table.", pSql, pTableMetaInfo->name.tname);
+    return TSDB_CODE_FAILED;
+  }
 
   ret = doInitSubState(pSql, numOfSub);
   if (ret != 0) {