diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index b19af46a0c7f191b84d1ea8658f13456624179c9..0eba04ffb2e500e0d7a0ab6f005a217b6027f41c 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -2955,7 +2955,8 @@ int32_t tscGetTableMetaImpl(SSqlObj* pSql, STableMetaInfo *pTableMetaInfo, bool
     // in case of child table, here only get the
     if (pMeta->tableType == TSDB_CHILD_TABLE) {
       int32_t code = tscCreateTableMetaFromSTableMeta(pSql, &pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta, name, &pTableMetaInfo->tableMetaCapacity, (STableMeta **)(&pSTMeta));
-      pSql->pBuf   = (void *)(pSTMeta); 
+      pSql->pBuf   = (void *)(pSTMeta);
+      pMeta   = pTableMetaInfo->pTableMeta;
       if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
         return getTableMetaFromMnode(pSql, pTableMetaInfo, autocreate);
       }