diff --git a/src/query/src/qAggMain.c b/src/query/src/qAggMain.c
index d43b5f45e8..ed66047bbe 100644
--- a/src/query/src/qAggMain.c
+++ b/src/query/src/qAggMain.c
@@ -1569,8 +1569,10 @@ static void stddev_dst_function(SQLFunctionCtx *pCtx) {
     avg = p->avg;
   } else {  // todo opt performance by using iterator since the timestamp lsit is matched with the output result
     SResPair* p = bsearch(&pCtx->startTs, resList->pData, len, sizeof(SResPair), tsCompare);
-    assert(p != NULL);
-
+    if (p == NULL) {
+      return;
+    }
+    
     avg = p->avg;
   }