diff --git a/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index/query/regexp_query.cpp b/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index/query/regexp_query.cpp
index 83c5401bac..ee959e1da7 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index/query/regexp_query.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index/query/regexp_query.cpp
@@ -70,10 +70,12 @@ void RegexpQuery::add(const std::wstring& field_name, const std::string& pattern
             }
 
             if (is_match) {
-                terms.emplace_back(std::move(input));
-                if (++count >= _max_expansions) {
+                if (_max_expansions > 0 && count >= _max_expansions) {
                     break;
                 }
+
+                terms.emplace_back(std::move(input));
+                count++;
             }
 
             _CLDECDELETE(term);
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ void RegexpQuery::add(const std::wstring& field_name, const std::string& pattern
         hs_free_database(database);
     })
 
+    if (terms.empty()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     query.add(field_name, terms);
 }
 
diff --git a/regression-test/data/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.out b/regression-test/data/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.out
index eab27de65e..f9a9caf6d7 100644
--- a/regression-test/data/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.out
+++ b/regression-test/data/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.out
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 -- !sql --
 38
 
+-- !sql --
+0
+
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.groovy b/regression-test/suites/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.groovy
index 7567102d59..3458f08674 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/inverted_index_p0/test_index_match_regexp.groovy
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ suite("test_index_match_regexp", "p0"){
         qt_sql """ select count() from test_index_match_regexp where request match_regexp 's\$'; """
         qt_sql """ select count() from test_index_match_regexp where request match_regexp 'er\$'; """
         qt_sql """ select count() from test_index_match_regexp where request match_regexp '.*tickets.*'; """
+        qt_sql """ select count() from test_index_match_regexp where request match_regexp 'nonexistence'; """
+
     } finally {
         //try_sql("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${testTable}")
     }