diff --git a/src/client/src/tscAsync.c b/src/client/src/tscAsync.c
index 82be24cff3aa983cf9d1235e07962f0cc04275d2..3e636cdc7bb14dd2c9e7a9a3f474c1105bdabff2 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscAsync.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscAsync.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void taos_fetch_rows_a(TAOS_RES *tres, __async_cb_func_t fp, void *param) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (pRes->qId == 0) {
+  if (pRes->qId == 0 && pSql->cmd.command != TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT) {
     tscError("qhandle is invalid");
     pRes->code = TSDB_CODE_TSC_INVALID_QHANDLE;
     tscAsyncResultOnError(pSql);