diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaTable.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaTable.c
index 54476d339f..94349048ad 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaTable.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/meta/metaTable.c
@@ -2049,7 +2049,9 @@ static int metaUpdateTableMultiTagVal(SMeta *pMeta, int64_t version, SVAlterTbRe
   }
 
   if (tdbTbcGet(pUidIdxc, NULL, NULL, &pData, &nData) != 0) {
+    tdbTbcClose(pUidIdxc);
     metaError("meta/table: failed to get uid index, uid:%" PRId64, uid);
+    return terrno = TSDB_CODE_TDB_TABLE_NOT_EXIST;
   }
   oversion = ((SUidIdxVal *)pData)[0].version;
 
@@ -2302,7 +2304,9 @@ static int metaUpdateTableTagVal(SMeta *pMeta, int64_t version, SVAlterTbReq *pA
   }
 
   if (tdbTbcGet(pUidIdxc, NULL, NULL, &pData, &nData) != 0) {
+    tdbTbcClose(pUidIdxc);
     metaError("meta/table: failed to get uid index, uid:%" PRId64, uid);
+    return terrno = TSDB_CODE_TDB_TABLE_NOT_EXIST;
   }
   oversion = ((SUidIdxVal *)pData)[0].version;
 
diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/tag/change_multi_tag.sim b/tests/script/tsim/tag/change_multi_tag.sim
index 0ba238b05c..9370afc785 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/tag/change_multi_tag.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/tag/change_multi_tag.sim
@@ -179,4 +179,6 @@ if $rows != 1  then
   return -1
 endi
 
+sql alter table $tbj set tag tagCol1=true,tagCol2=-10,tagcol3=-100, tagcol4=-1000,tagcol5=NULL,tagCol6=NULL,tagCol7=NULL
+
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT