diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c b/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c
index 554ee73c7f02c8f80dca7e15e5c691d874a596cf..190ab2a7d21f5c67fbd38c2cbf0af4b556f1e700 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,8 @@ int32_t getTableList(void* metaHandle, void* pVnode, SScanPhysiNode* pScanNode,
     if (tsTagFilterCache) {
       metaUidFilterCachePut(metaHandle, pScanNode->suid, context.digest, tListLen(context.digest), pPayload, size, 1);
     }
+
+    taosMemoryFree(pPayload);
   }
 
 _end: