diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStb.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStb.c
index 7ee1b36916..a507631128 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStb.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStb.c
@@ -1104,14 +1104,16 @@ static int32_t mndProcessCreateStbReq(SRpcMsg *pReq) {
       } else if (createReq.tagVer > 0 || createReq.colVer > 0) {
         int32_t tagDelta = createReq.tagVer - pStb->tagVer;
         int32_t colDelta = createReq.colVer - pStb->colVer;
-        int32_t verDelta = tagDelta + colDelta;
         mInfo("stb:%s, already exist while create, input tagVer:%d colVer:%d, exist tagVer:%d colVer:%d",
               createReq.name, createReq.tagVer, createReq.colVer, pStb->tagVer, pStb->colVer);
         if (tagDelta <= 0 && colDelta <= 0) {
           mInfo("stb:%s, schema version is not incremented and nothing needs to be done", createReq.name);
           code = 0;
           goto _OVER;
-        } else if ((tagDelta == 1 || colDelta == 1) && (verDelta == 1)) {
+        } else if ((tagDelta == 1 && colDelta == 0) ||
+                   (tagDelta == 0 && colDelta == 1) ||
+                    pStb->colVer == 1 ||
+                    pStb->tagVer == 1) {
           isAlter = true;
           mInfo("stb:%s, schema version is only increased by 1 number, do alter operation", createReq.name);
         } else {