diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 2444d39053..4f6a58ec71 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -282,10 +282,16 @@ update_submodule() {
     exit_code=$?
     set -e
     if [[ "${exit_code}" -ne 0 ]]; then
+        set +e
         # try to get submodule's current commit
         submodule_commit=$(git ls-tree HEAD "${submodule_path}" | awk '{print $3}')
-
-        commit_specific_url=$(echo "${archive_url}" | sed "s/refs\/heads/${submodule_commit}/")
+        exit_code=$?
+        if [[ "${exit_code}" = "0" ]]; then
+            commit_specific_url=$(echo "${archive_url}" | sed "s/refs\/heads/${submodule_commit}/")
+        else
+            commit_specific_url="${archive_url}"
+        fi
+        set -e
         echo "Update ${submodule_name} submodule failed, start to download and extract ${commit_specific_url}"
 
         mkdir -p "${DORIS_HOME}/${submodule_path}"