diff --git a/be/src/exec/table_function_node.cpp b/be/src/exec/table_function_node.cpp
index ee225a0610..aeeb17e05c 100644
--- a/be/src/exec/table_function_node.cpp
+++ b/be/src/exec/table_function_node.cpp
@@ -273,23 +273,29 @@ Status TableFunctionNode::get_next(RuntimeState* state, RowBatch* row_batch, boo
                 Tuple* child_tuple = _cur_child_tuple_row->get_tuple(
                         child_rowdesc.get_tuple_idx(child_tuple_desc->id()));
 
-                // copy the child tuple to parent_tuple
-                memcpy(tuple_ptr, child_tuple, parent_tuple_desc->byte_size());
-                // only deep copy the child slot if it is selected and is var len (Eg: string, bitmap, hll)
-                for (int j = 0; j < _child_slot_sizes[i]; ++j) {
-                    SlotDescriptor* child_slot_desc = child_tuple_desc->slots()[j];
-                    SlotDescriptor* parent_slot_desc = parent_tuple_desc->slots()[j];
+                // The child tuple is nullptr, only when the child tuple is from outer join. so we directly set
+                // parent_tuple have same tuple_idx nullptr to mock the behavior
+                if (child_tuple != nullptr) {
+                    // copy the child tuple to parent_tuple
+                    memcpy(tuple_ptr, child_tuple, parent_tuple_desc->byte_size());
+                    // only deep copy the child slot if it is selected and is var len (Eg: string, bitmap, hll)
+                    for (int j = 0; j < _child_slot_sizes[i]; ++j) {
+                        SlotDescriptor *child_slot_desc = child_tuple_desc->slots()[j];
+                        SlotDescriptor *parent_slot_desc = parent_tuple_desc->slots()[j];
 
-                    if (_output_slot_ids[parent_slot_desc->id()] &&
-                        !child_tuple->is_null(child_slot_desc->null_indicator_offset())
-                        && child_slot_desc->type().is_string_type()) {
-                        void* dest_slot = tuple_ptr->get_slot(parent_slot_desc->tuple_offset());
-                        RawValue::write(child_tuple->get_slot(child_slot_desc->tuple_offset()),
-                                        dest_slot, parent_slot_desc->type(),
-                                        row_batch->tuple_data_pool());
+                        if (_output_slot_ids[parent_slot_desc->id()] &&
+                            !child_tuple->is_null(child_slot_desc->null_indicator_offset())
+                            && child_slot_desc->type().is_string_type()) {
+                            void *dest_slot = tuple_ptr->get_slot(parent_slot_desc->tuple_offset());
+                            RawValue::write(child_tuple->get_slot(child_slot_desc->tuple_offset()),
+                                            dest_slot, parent_slot_desc->type(),
+                                            row_batch->tuple_data_pool());
+                        }
                     }
+                    parent_tuple_row->set_tuple(tuple_idx, tuple_ptr);
+                } else {
+                    parent_tuple_row->set_tuple(tuple_idx, nullptr);
                 }
-                parent_tuple_row->set_tuple(tuple_idx, tuple_ptr);
                 tuple_ptr = reinterpret_cast<Tuple*>(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(tuple_ptr) +
                                                      parent_tuple_desc->byte_size());
             }
diff --git a/regression-test/data/table_function/explode_json_array.out b/regression-test/data/table_function/explode_json_array.out
index 60696b758b..120c4e0297 100644
--- a/regression-test/data/table_function/explode_json_array.out
+++ b/regression-test/data/table_function/explode_json_array.out
@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@
 400	Dan	50	4	Street 4	22.214	b
 400	Dan	50	4	Street 4	214.1	b
 
+-- !outer_join_explode_json_array --
+\N	\N	1
+\N	\N	3
+\N	\N	b
+\N	30	1
+\N	30	3
+\N	30	b
+\N	50	1
+\N	50	3
+\N	50	b
+\N	80	1
+\N	80	3
+\N	80	b
+
 -- !explode_json_array --
 true
 
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/table_function/explode_json_array.groovy b/regression-test/suites/table_function/explode_json_array.groovy
index 9460101ea7..3aacc1ee46 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/table_function/explode_json_array.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/table_function/explode_json_array.groovy
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ suite("explode_json_array") {
                         LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE_JSON_ARRAY_DOUBLE('[1.23, 22.214, 214.1]') t2 as d 
                         ORDER BY id, c, d """
 
+    qt_outer_join_explode_json_array """SELECT id, age, e1 FROM (SELECT id, age, e1 FROM (SELECT b.id, a.age FROM 
+                                        ${tableName} a LEFT JOIN ${tableName} b ON a.id=b.age)T LATERAL VIEW EXPLODE_JSON_ARRAY_STRING('[1, "b", 3]')
+                                        TMP AS e1) AS T ORDER BY age, e1"""
+
     // vectorized
     sql """ set enable_vectorized_engine = true """