diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 7961702eadcc9a668d6e2510c01fdc307ae8fff5..f7cc8f257d7cb592d65c41df88399bc5bd95ab57 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -9334,11 +9334,12 @@ int32_t validateSqlNode(SSqlObj* pSql, SSqlNode* pSqlNode, SQueryInfo* pQueryInf
     }
 
     bool isSTable = UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo);
-    int32_t joinQuery = (pSqlNode->from != NULL && taosArrayGetSize(pSqlNode->from->list) > 1);
 
     int32_t type = isSTable? TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_STABLE_QUERY:TSDB_QUERY_TYPE_TABLE_QUERY;
     TSDB_QUERY_SET_TYPE(pQueryInfo->type, type);
 
+    int32_t joinQuery = (pSqlNode->from != NULL && taosArrayGetSize(pSqlNode->from->list) > 1);
+
     // parse the group by clause in the first place
     if (validateGroupbyNode(pQueryInfo, pSqlNode->pGroupby, pCmd) != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
       return TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_OPERATION;