diff --git a/include/libs/nodes/nodes.h b/include/libs/nodes/nodes.h
index a2e4c76adccc91d5a1f8689643f3d7a93089eba0..f8d6f1dcf92ae9accf2ee0713161dbbf9a9deb22 100644
--- a/include/libs/nodes/nodes.h
+++ b/include/libs/nodes/nodes.h
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ void    nodesDestroyAllocator(int64_t allocatorId);
 
 SNode* nodesMakeNode(ENodeType type);
 void   nodesDestroyNode(SNode* pNode);
+void   nodesFree(void* p);
 
 SNodeList* nodesMakeList();
 int32_t    nodesListAppend(SNodeList* pList, SNode* pNode);
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c b/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c
index dc244acb40eb0afb17e43097dbc012990531d371..2716f7fd7d64fed6d6d18fc1f907766bda834c39 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/executil.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ int32_t getColInfoResultForGroupby(void* metaHandle, SNodeList* group, STableLis
   SNodeListNode* listNode = (SNodeListNode*)nodesMakeNode(QUERY_NODE_NODE_LIST);
   listNode->pNodeList = group;
   genTagFilterDigest((SNode *)listNode, &context);
-  taosMemoryFree(listNode);
+  nodesFree(listNode);
 
   if (lastTableList && (0 == memcmp(context.digest, lastMd5.digest, sizeof(lastMd5.digest)) && (taosArrayGetSize(pTableListInfo->pTableList) == taosArrayGetSize(lastTableList)))) {
     pTableListInfo->pTableList = taosArrayDup(lastTableList, NULL);
diff --git a/source/libs/nodes/src/nodesUtilFuncs.c b/source/libs/nodes/src/nodesUtilFuncs.c
index eff69e97648166b1b16733c0b48e00867a4c4d1c..35860196e4145fbd31b1ac0aa1fb4d257341a5ce 100644
--- a/source/libs/nodes/src/nodesUtilFuncs.c
+++ b/source/libs/nodes/src/nodesUtilFuncs.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void* nodesCalloc(int32_t num, int32_t size) {
   return (char*)p + 1;
 }
 
-static void nodesFree(void* p) {
+void nodesFree(void* p) {
   char* ptr = (char*)p - 1;
   if (0 == *ptr) {
     taosMemoryFree(ptr);