diff --git a/be/src/olap/tablet_meta.cpp b/be/src/olap/tablet_meta.cpp
index 3246e947d1..75ed4a909f 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/tablet_meta.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/tablet_meta.cpp
@@ -561,6 +561,13 @@ void TabletMeta::init_from_pb(const TabletMetaPB& tablet_meta_pb) {
         _rs_metas.push_back(std::move(rs_meta));
     }
 
+    // init _stale_rs_metas
+    for (auto& it : tablet_meta_pb.stale_rs_metas()) {
+        RowsetMetaSharedPtr rs_meta(new RowsetMeta());
+        rs_meta->init_from_pb(it);
+        _stale_rs_metas.push_back(std::move(rs_meta));
+    }
+
     // For mow table, delete bitmap of stale rowsets has not been persisted.
     // When be restart, query should not read the stale rowset, otherwise duplicate keys
     // will be read out. Therefore, we don't add them to _stale_rs_meta for mow table.