diff --git a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
index b92674fc26..2745f7c15b 100644
--- a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
+++ b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
@@ -11875,11 +11875,18 @@ static int32_t checkShowTags(STranslateContext* pCxt, const SShowStmt* pShow) {
                        toName(pCxt->pParseCxt->acctId, ((SValueNode*)pShow->pDbName)->literal,
                               ((SValueNode*)pShow->pTbName)->literal, &name),
                        &pTableMeta, true);
-  taosMemoryFreeClear(pTableMeta);
   if (TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS != code) {
-    return generateSyntaxErrMsg(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_GET_META_ERROR, tstrerror(code));
+    code = generateSyntaxErrMsg(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_GET_META_ERROR, tstrerror(code));
+    goto _exit;
+  }
+  if (TSDB_SUPER_TABLE != pTableMeta->tableType && TSDB_CHILD_TABLE != pTableMeta->tableType) {
+    code = generateSyntaxErrMsg(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_INVALID_TAGS_PC,
+                                "The _TAGS pseudo column can only be used for child table and super table queries");
+    goto _exit;
   }
 
+_exit:
+  taosMemoryFreeClear(pTableMeta);
   return code;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/show_tag_index.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/show_tag_index.py
index 1a7e6dca2c..d84d4193c4 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/show_tag_index.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/show_tag_index.py
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdSql.error(f'show tags from tb_undef from db', expectErrInfo='Fail to get table info, error: Table does not exist')
         tdSql.error(f'show tags from db.tb_undef', expectErrInfo='Fail to get table info, error: Table does not exist')
         tdSql.error(f'show tags from tb_undef', expectErrInfo='Fail to get table info, error: Table does not exist')
+        tdSql.error(f'show tags from ntb', expectErrInfo='Tags can only applied to super table and child table')
+        tdSql.error(f'show tags from vtb', expectErrInfo='Tags can only applied to super table and child table')
+        tdSql.error(f'show tags from vtb1', expectErrInfo='Tags can only applied to super table and child table')
+        tdSql.error(f'show tags from vtb2', expectErrInfo='Tags can only applied to super table and child table')
+        tdSql.error(f'show tags from vtbn', expectErrInfo='Tags can only applied to super table and child table')
 
         # show table tags
         tdSql.query(f'show table tags from stb')