diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
index 71d0454893..ad3da226f6 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbRead.c
@@ -1466,8 +1466,8 @@ static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(SSkipListIterator* pIter, STable* pTable, TSKEY
       }
     }
 
-    numOfRows++;
-    if (numOfRows >= maxRowsToRead) {
+    if (++numOfRows >= maxRowsToRead) {
+      tSkipListIterNext(pIter);
       break;
     }