diff --git a/src/util/src/hash.c b/src/util/src/hash.c
index 7d10545ce7e9548cddb8c4ccb2ceff563c8092ff..9634175db7db30aa4e9aaad381861b2649d40a61 100644
--- a/src/util/src/hash.c
+++ b/src/util/src/hash.c
@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@ int32_t taosHashRemoveWithData(SHashObj *pHashObj, const void *key, size_t keyLe
     }
   }
 
+  if (pe->num == 0) {
+    assert(pe->next == NULL);
+  } else {
+    assert(pe->next != NULL);
+  }
+
   if (pHashObj->type == HASH_ENTRY_LOCK) {
     taosWUnLockLatch(&pe->latch);
   }
@@ -390,22 +396,8 @@ int32_t taosHashRemoveWithData(SHashObj *pHashObj, const void *key, size_t keyLe
   if (pRes != NULL) {
     atomic_sub_fetch_64(&pHashObj->size, 1);
     FREE_HASH_NODE(pHashObj, pRes);
-
-    if (pe->num == 0) {
-      assert(pe->next == NULL);
-    } else {
-      assert(pe->next != NULL);
-    }
-
     return 0;
   } else {
-
-    if (pe->num == 0) {
-      assert(pe->next == NULL);
-    } else {
-      assert(pe->next != NULL);
-    }
-
     return -1;
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/script/tmp/182.sim b/tests/script/tmp/182.sim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..27e064dc9ba64603ca2e6a8db6629546af1b49b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/script/tmp/182.sim
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+system sh/stop_dnodes.sh
+
+system sh/deploy.sh -n dnode1 -i 1
+system sh/deploy.sh -n dnode2 -i 2
+system sh/deploy.sh -n dnode3 -i 3
+system sh/deploy.sh -n dnode4 -i 4
+
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c walLevel -v 2
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode2 -c walLevel -v 2
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode3 -c walLevel -v 2
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode4 -c walLevel -v 2
+
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c numOfMnodes -v 1
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode2 -c numOfMnodes -v 1
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode3 -c numOfMnodes -v 1
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode4 -c numOfMnodes -v 1
+
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c activeCode -v eglxDLzRpslJWl7OxrPZ2K3sQ5631AP9SVpezsaz2dhJWl7OxrPZ2ElaXs7Gs9nYSVpezsaz2djGIj5StnQ3ZvLHcsE8cwcN
+
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c mnodeEqualVnodeNum -v 4
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode2 -c mnodeEqualVnodeNum -v 4
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode3 -c mnodeEqualVnodeNum -v 4
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode4 -c mnodeEqualVnodeNum -v 4
+
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c maxTablesPerVnode -v 100000
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode2 -c maxTablesPerVnode -v 100000
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode3 -c maxTablesPerVnode -v 100000
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode4 -c maxTablesPerVnode -v 100000
+
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c http -v 1
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode2 -c http -v 1
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode3 -c http -v 1
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode4 -c http -v 1
+
+
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c firstEp      -v 127.0.0.1:6030
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c secondEp     -v 127.0.0.1:6030
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c serverPort   -v 6030
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c fqdn         -v 127.0.0.1
+#system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s start