diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c b/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
index db34f5dc67..3505af46e4 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/executorimpl.c
@@ -869,8 +869,12 @@ int32_t projectApplyFunctions(SExprInfo* pExpr, SSDataBlock* pResult, SSDataBloc
       SColumnInfoData  idata = {.info = pResColData->info, .hasNull = true};
 
       SScalarParam dest = {.columnData = &idata};
-      scalarCalculate(pExpr[k].pExpr->_optrRoot.pRootNode, pBlockList, &dest);
-
+      int32_t code = scalarCalculate(pExpr[k].pExpr->_optrRoot.pRootNode, pBlockList, &dest);
+      if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
+        taosArrayDestroy(pBlockList);
+        return code;
+      }
+      
       int32_t startOffset = createNewColModel ? 0 : pResult->info.rows;
       colInfoDataEnsureCapacity(pResColData, startOffset, pResult->info.capacity);
       colDataMergeCol(pResColData, startOffset, &pResult->info.capacity, &idata, dest.numOfRows);