diff --git a/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/pipe/pattern/IoTDBTreePatternTest.java b/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/pipe/pattern/IoTDBTreePatternTest.java
index 9cb68f89fdf0..e2a7bc0a4b51 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/pipe/pattern/IoTDBTreePatternTest.java
+++ b/iotdb-core/datanode/src/test/java/org/apache/iotdb/db/pipe/pattern/IoTDBTreePatternTest.java
@@ -143,5 +143,6 @@ public void testApplyReversedIndexes() {
         System.exit(-1);
       }
     }
+    Assert.assertEquals(null, applyReversedIndexesOnList(filteredIndexes, null));
   }
 }
diff --git a/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/commons/pipe/datastructure/pattern/IoTDBTreePattern.java b/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/commons/pipe/datastructure/pattern/IoTDBTreePattern.java
index 9e54c1087acf..2becc993968c 100644
--- a/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/commons/pipe/datastructure/pattern/IoTDBTreePattern.java
+++ b/iotdb-core/node-commons/src/main/java/org/apache/iotdb/commons/pipe/datastructure/pattern/IoTDBTreePattern.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.tsfile.file.metadata.IDeviceID;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -67,7 +69,10 @@ private String getDefaultPattern() {
   //////////////////////////// Tree Pattern Operations ////////////////////////////
 
   public static <T> List<T> applyReversedIndexesOnList(
-      final List<Integer> filteredIndexes, final List<T> originalList) {
+      final List<Integer> filteredIndexes, final @Nullable List<T> originalList) {
+    if (Objects.isNull(originalList)) {
+      return null;
+    }
     // No need to sort, the caller guarantees that the filtered sequence == original sequence
     final List<T> filteredList = new ArrayList<>(originalList.size() - filteredIndexes.size());
     int filteredIndexPos = 0;