diff --git a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
index f066fbfc44..ea1a5f7d1d 100644
--- a/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
+++ b/source/libs/parser/src/parTranslater.c
@@ -6930,11 +6930,37 @@ static int32_t translateCreateFullTextIndex(STranslateContext* pCxt, SCreateInde
 }
 
 static int32_t translateCreateNormalIndex(STranslateContext* pCxt, SCreateIndexStmt* pStmt) {
+  int32_t     code = 0;
+  SName       name;
+  STableMeta* pMeta = NULL;
+
+  code = getTargetMeta(pCxt, toName(pCxt->pParseCxt->acctId, pStmt->dbName, pStmt->tableName, &name), &pMeta, false);
+  if (code) {
+    taosMemoryFree(pMeta);
+    return code;
+  }
+
+  if (LIST_LENGTH(pStmt->pCols) != 1) {
+    taosMemoryFree(pMeta);
+    return generateSyntaxErrMsgExt(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_INVALID_TAGS_NUM, "Only one tag is allowed");
+  }
+
+  SNode* pNode = NULL;
+  FOREACH(pNode, pStmt->pCols) {
+    const SSchema* pSchema = getTagSchema(pMeta, ((SColumnNode*)pNode)->colName);
+    if (!pSchema) {
+      taosMemoryFree(pMeta);
+      return generateSyntaxErrMsg(&pCxt->msgBuf, TSDB_CODE_PAR_INVALID_TAG_NAME, ((SColumnNode*)pNode)->colName);
+    }
+  }
+
   SCreateTagIndexReq createTagIdxReq = {0};
-  int32_t            code = buildCreateTagIndexReq(pCxt, pStmt, &createTagIdxReq);
+  code = buildCreateTagIndexReq(pCxt, pStmt, &createTagIdxReq);
   if (TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS == code) {
     code = buildCmdMsg(pCxt, TDMT_MND_CREATE_INDEX, (FSerializeFunc)tSerializeSCreateTagIdxReq, &createTagIdxReq);
   }
+_exit:
+  taosMemoryFree(pMeta);
   return code;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/tag_index_basic.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/tag_index_basic.py
index c1e1d521d2..a55508e229 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/tag_index_basic.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/tag_index_basic.py
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ class TDTestCase:
 
         tdLog.info(f" create {count} child tables ok.")    
     
+    def create_tagidx_check(self, stbname):
+        err_dict = {"NULL","",",","\"","\"\"","undef","t1,t2","t12,t12"}
+        for errs in err_dict:
+            sql = (f'create index idx_err_check on {stbname} (%s)'% (errs))
+            tdLog.info(f'  sql={sql}')
+            tdSql.error(f'{sql}')
+        tdLog.info(f' create tagidx check ok.')
     
     # create stable and child tables
     def create_tagidx(self, stbname):
@@ -231,6 +238,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         count = 1000
         # do 
         self.create_table(stable, tbname, count)
+        self.create_tagidx_check(stable)
         self.create_tagidx(stable)
         self.insert_data(tbname)
         self.show_tagidx(stable)