diff --git a/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c b/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
index 9a2eeb9311..ddd0201460 100644
--- a/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
+++ b/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
@@ -572,11 +572,11 @@ void streamMetaClear(SStreamMeta* pMeta) {
 }
 
 void streamMetaClose(SStreamMeta* pMeta) {
-  stDebug("vgId:%d start to close stream meta", pMeta->vgId);
   if (pMeta == NULL) {
     return;
   }
 
+  stDebug("vgId:%d start to close stream meta", pMeta->vgId);
   int32_t code = taosRemoveRef(streamMetaRefPool, pMeta->rid);
   if (code) {
     stError("vgId:%d failed to remove meta ref:%" PRId64 ", code:%s", pMeta->vgId, pMeta->rid, tstrerror(code));