diff --git a/src/client/src/tscServer.c b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
index f651c35324..0c51898a79 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscServer.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscServer.c
@@ -895,11 +895,6 @@ int32_t tscBuildCreateDbMsg(SSqlObj *pSql, SSqlInfo *pInfo) {
   pCmd->payloadLen = sizeof(SCMCreateDbMsg);
   pCmd->msgType = TSDB_MSG_TYPE_CM_CREATE_DB;
 
-  if (TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS != tscAllocPayload(pCmd, pCmd->payloadLen)) {
-    tscError("%p failed to malloc for query msg", pSql);
-    return TSDB_CODE_CLI_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
-  }
-
   SCMCreateDbMsg *pCreateDbMsg = (SCMCreateDbMsg*)pCmd->payload;
 
   assert(pCmd->numOfClause == 1);