diff --git a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/jobs/flushTableTail.go b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/jobs/flushTableTail.go
index 3af370271680c..a1f482912b192 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/jobs/flushTableTail.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/engine/tae/tables/jobs/flushTableTail.go
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ func (task *flushTableTailTask) Execute(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	inst := time.Now()
 	snapshotSubtasks, err := task.flushAObjsForSnapshot(ctx)
 	statFlushAobj := time.Since(inst)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
 	defer func() {
 		releaseFlushObjTasks(snapshotSubtasks, err)
 	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 
 	/////////////////////
 	//// phase seperator
@@ -621,11 +621,6 @@ func (task *flushTableTailTask) mergeAObjs(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 
 // flushAObjsForSnapshot schedule io task to flush aobjects for snapshot read. this function will not release any data in io task
 func (task *flushTableTailTask) flushAObjsForSnapshot(ctx context.Context) (subtasks []*flushObjTask, err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if err != nil {
-			releaseFlushObjTasks(subtasks, err)
-		}
-	}()
 	subtasks = make([]*flushObjTask, len(task.aObjMetas))
 	// fire flush task
 	for i, obj := range task.aObjMetas {
@@ -647,13 +642,16 @@ func (task *flushTableTailTask) flushAObjsForSnapshot(ctx context.Context) (subt
 		if deletes, _, err = objData.CollectDeleteInRange(
 			ctx, types.TS{}, task.txn.GetStartTS(), true, common.MergeAllocator,
 		); err != nil {
+			data.Close()
 			return
 		}
 		if deletes != nil {
 			// make sure every batch in deltaloc object is sorted by rowid
-			_, err := mergesort.SortBlockColumns(deletes.Vecs, 0, task.rt.VectorPool.Transient)
+			_, err = mergesort.SortBlockColumns(deletes.Vecs, 0, task.rt.VectorPool.Transient)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+				data.Close()
+				deletes.Close()
+				return
 			}
 		}