diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMemTable.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMemTable.c
index 4c51608b5df6a151fed04defe8fc41c047e3e76e..999e2deb413eb13cc7119ee9042a260366c5f9a3 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMemTable.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMemTable.c
@@ -786,9 +786,9 @@ static int tsdbCheckTableSchema(STsdbRepo *pRepo, SSubmitBlk *pBlock, STable *pT
     if (tsdbGetTableSchemaImpl(pTable, false, false, pBlock->sversion) == NULL) {
       tsdbError("vgId:%d invalid submit schema version %d to table %s tid %d from client", REPO_ID(pRepo),
                 pBlock->sversion, TABLE_CHAR_NAME(pTable), TABLE_TID(pTable));
+      terrno = TSDB_CODE_TDB_IVD_TB_SCHEMA_VERSION;
+      return -1;
     }
-    terrno = TSDB_CODE_TDB_IVD_TB_SCHEMA_VERSION;
-    return -1;
   }
 
   return 0;