diff --git a/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c b/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c
index 6d590662df..1e0b9b3130 100644
--- a/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c
+++ b/source/libs/function/src/builtins.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static int32_t translateLength(SFunctionNode* pFunc, char* pErrBuf, int32_t len)
   }
 
   pFunc->node.resType =
-      (SDataType){.bytes = tDataTypes[TSDB_DATA_TYPE_SMALLINT].bytes, .type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_SMALLINT};
+      (SDataType){.bytes = tDataTypes[TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT].bytes, .type = TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT};
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/libs/scalar/src/sclfunc.c b/source/libs/scalar/src/sclfunc.c
index d68dce6d12..a507b41342 100644
--- a/source/libs/scalar/src/sclfunc.c
+++ b/source/libs/scalar/src/sclfunc.c
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ static int32_t doLengthFunction(SScalarParam *pInput, int32_t inputNum, SScalarP
   SColumnInfoData *pInputData  = pInput->columnData;
   SColumnInfoData *pOutputData = pOutput->columnData;
 
-  int16_t *out = (int16_t *)pOutputData->pData;
+  ASSERT(pOutputData->info.type == TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT);
+  int64_t *out = (int64_t *)pOutputData->pData;
 
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < pInput->numOfRows; ++i) {
     if (colDataIsNull_s(pInputData, i)) {