diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
index 904dd49227..aafec9737b 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tq/tq.c
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ int32_t tqProcessTaskScanHistory(STQ* pTq, SRpcMsg* pMsg) {
     streamMetaReleaseTask(pMeta, pStreamTask);
   } else {
     STimeWindow* pWindow = &pTask->dataRange.window;
-    ASSERT(HAS_RELATED_FILLHISTORY_TASK(pTask));
+    ASSERT(HAS_RELATED_FILLHISTORY_TASK(pTask) || streamTaskShouldStop(pTask));
 
     // Not update the fill-history time window until the state transfer is completed.
     tqDebug("s-task:%s scan-history in stream time window completed, start to handle data from WAL, startVer:%" PRId64