diff --git a/be/src/vec/columns/column_array.cpp b/be/src/vec/columns/column_array.cpp
index 531421e0ec..9d57a8f003 100644
--- a/be/src/vec/columns/column_array.cpp
+++ b/be/src/vec/columns/column_array.cpp
@@ -150,9 +150,11 @@ StringRef ColumnArray::get_data_at(size_t n) const {
       * For arrays of strings and arrays of arrays, the resulting chunk of memory may not be one-to-one correspondence with the elements,
       *  since it contains only the data laid in succession, but not the offsets.
       */
-
     size_t offset_of_first_elem = offset_at(n);
-    StringRef first = get_data().get_data_at(offset_of_first_elem);
+    StringRef first;
+    if (offset_of_first_elem < get_data().size()) {
+        first = get_data().get_data_at(offset_of_first_elem);
+    }
 
     size_t array_size = size_at(n);
     if (array_size == 0) {
diff --git a/be/src/vec/exprs/vliteral.cpp b/be/src/vec/exprs/vliteral.cpp
index d99cdbdd97..680023010f 100644
--- a/be/src/vec/exprs/vliteral.cpp
+++ b/be/src/vec/exprs/vliteral.cpp
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ std::string VLiteral::debug_string() const {
     out << "VLiteral (name = " << _expr_name;
     out << ", type = " << _data_type->get_name();
     out << ", value = ";
-    if (_column_ptr.get()->size() > 0) {
-        StringRef ref = _column_ptr.get()->get_data_at(0);
+    if (_column_ptr->size() > 0) {
+        StringRef ref = _column_ptr->get_data_at(0);
         if (ref.data == nullptr) {
             out << "null";
         } else {