diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index 173db05e10..02aeb3e33d 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -3608,6 +3608,7 @@ void executeQuery(SSqlObj* pSql, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
       pNew->signature = pNew;
       pNew->sqlstr = strdup(pSql->sqlstr);  // todo refactor
       pNew->fp = tscSubqueryCompleteCallback;
+      tsem_init(&pNew->rspSem, 0, 0);
 
       SRetrieveSupport* ps = calloc(1, sizeof(SRetrieveSupport));  // todo use object id
       ps->pParentSql = pSql;