diff --git a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
index 34d9956c642c5c91aa72c6a4386dc675ad48dc98..317722ada99392965ff07cb2921a6acb6b92ef01 100644
--- a/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
+++ b/src/kit/taosdump/taosdump.c
@@ -3005,7 +3005,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     printf("debug_print: %d\n", g_args.debug_print);
 
     for (int32_t i = 0; i < g_args.arg_list_len; i++) {
-        printf("arg_list[%d]: %s\n", i, g_args.arg_list[i]);
+        if (g_args.databases || g_args.all_databases) {
+            errorPrint("%s is an invalid input if database(s) be already specified.\n",
+                    g_args.arg_list[i]);
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        } else {
+            printf("arg_list[%d]: %s\n", i, g_args.arg_list[i]);
+        }
     }
 
     printf("==============================\n");