diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
index 53764181c2..98bc87ecee 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
@@ -1752,6 +1752,7 @@ int32_t tqProcessStreamCheckPointSourceReq(STQ* pTq, SRpcMsg* pMsg) {
   if (pTask->status.downstreamReady != 1) {
     qError("s-task:%s not ready for checkpoint, since downstream not ready, ignore this checkpoint:%" PRId64
            ", set it failure", pTask->id.idStr, req.checkpointId);
+    streamMetaReleaseTask(pMeta, pTask);
 
     SRpcMsg rsp = {0};
     buildCheckpointSourceRsp(&req, &pMsg->info, &rsp, 0);