diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/tsdb.h b/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/tsdb.h
index 75c8eea83a..2acda944d4 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/tsdb.h
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/tsdb.h
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ typedef struct SLDataIter {
   SVersionRange          verRange;
   SSttBlockLoadInfo     *pBlockLoadInfo;
   bool                   ignoreEarlierTs;
+  bool                   bInit;
   struct SSttFileReader *pReader;
 } SLDataIter;
 
diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMergeTree.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMergeTree.c
index 247a2f4adb..1ccaa4ab9f 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMergeTree.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/tsdb/tsdbMergeTree.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ int32_t tMergeTreeOpen2(SMergeTree *pMTree, SMergeTreeConf *pConf) {
       if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
         goto _end;
       }
-
+      pIter->bInit = true;
       bool hasVal = tLDataIterNextRow(pIter, pMTree->idStr);
       if (hasVal) {
         tMergeTreeAddIter(pMTree, pIter);