diff --git a/be/src/vec/exprs/table_function/vexplode_numbers.cpp b/be/src/vec/exprs/table_function/vexplode_numbers.cpp
index 8149d4d958..c2f8d36c22 100644
--- a/be/src/vec/exprs/table_function/vexplode_numbers.cpp
+++ b/be/src/vec/exprs/table_function/vexplode_numbers.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Status VExplodeNumbersTableFunction::process_init(Block* block, RuntimeState* st
             _cur_size = column_nested->get_int(0);
         }
         ((ColumnInt32*)_elements_column.get())->clear();
+        //_cur_size may be a negative number
+        _cur_size = std::max(0L, _cur_size);
         if (_cur_size &&
             _cur_size <= state->batch_size()) { // avoid elements_column too big or empty
             _is_const = true;                   // use const optimize
diff --git a/regression-test/data/correctness/test_explode_numbers.out b/regression-test/data/correctness/test_explode_numbers.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b302a51a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regression-test/data/correctness/test_explode_numbers.out
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- This file is automatically generated. You should know what you did if you want to edit this
+-- !select1 --
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+
+-- !select2 --
+
+-- !select3 --
+
+-- !select4 --
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/correctness/test_explode_numbers.groovy b/regression-test/suites/correctness/test_explode_numbers.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd85ba835e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regression-test/suites/correctness/test_explode_numbers.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+suite("test_explode_numbers") {
+    sql 'set enable_nereids_planner=true'
+    qt_select1 """
+        select e1 from (select 1 k1) as t lateral view explode_numbers(5) tmp1 as e1 order by e1;
+    """
+    qt_select2 """
+        select e1 from (select 1 k1) as t lateral view explode_numbers(0) tmp1 as e1;
+    """
+    qt_select3 """
+        select e1 from (select 1 k1) as t lateral view explode_numbers(null) tmp1 as e1;
+    """    
+    qt_select4 """
+       select e1 from (select 1 k1) as t lateral view explode_numbers(-5) tmp1 as e1;
+    """    
+}
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