diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/mnode.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/mnode.go
index 1cb07746d77f8..f156d0b4fb9f6 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/mnode.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/mnode.go
@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ func (node *memoryNode) CollectAppendInRange(
 	node.object.RLock()
 	minRow, maxRow, commitTSVec, abortVec, abortedMap :=
 		node.object.appendMVCC.CollectAppendLocked(start, end, mp)
+	if commitTSVec == nil || abortVec == nil {
+		node.object.RUnlock()
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 	batWithVer, err = node.GetDataWindowOnWriteSchema(minRow, maxRow, mp)
 	if err != nil {
 		node.object.RUnlock()