diff --git a/source/client/src/clientMain.c b/source/client/src/clientMain.c
index 2091bcf64f..a5150a9f78 100644
--- a/source/client/src/clientMain.c
+++ b/source/client/src/clientMain.c
@@ -1308,6 +1308,10 @@ void taos_fetch_rows_a(TAOS_RES *res, __taos_async_fn_t fp, void *param) {
   }
 
   SRequestObj *pRequest = res;
+  if (TSDB_SQL_RETRIEVE_EMPTY_RESULT == pRequest->type) {
+    fp(param, res, 0);
+    return;
+  }
 
   taosAsyncFetchImpl(pRequest, fp, param);
 }