diff --git a/executor/index_lookup_hash_join.go b/executor/index_lookup_hash_join.go
index f26ae8fca5..1f9ab72f1a 100644
--- a/executor/index_lookup_hash_join.go
+++ b/executor/index_lookup_hash_join.go
@@ -631,7 +631,10 @@ func (iw *indexHashJoinInnerWorker) handleTask(ctx context.Context, task *indexH
 		defer func() {
 			endTime := time.Now()
 			atomic.AddInt64(&iw.stats.totalTime, int64(endTime.Sub(start)))
-			atomic.AddInt64(&iw.stats.join, int64(endTime.Sub(joinStartTime)))
+			if !joinStartTime.IsZero() {
+				// FetchInnerResults maybe return err and return, so joinStartTime is not initialized.
+				atomic.AddInt64(&iw.stats.join, int64(endTime.Sub(joinStartTime)))
+			}
 		}()
 	}
 
diff --git a/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/BUILD.bazel b/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/BUILD.bazel
index cb40dbea11..bb2d662ddf 100644
--- a/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/BUILD.bazel
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ go_test(
     ],
     flaky = True,
     race = "on",
-    shard_count = 13,
+    shard_count = 14,
     deps = [
         "//config",
         "//meta/autoid",
diff --git a/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/hash_join_test.go b/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/hash_join_test.go
index 5d715314ba..a482cc32c6 100644
--- a/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/hash_join_test.go
+++ b/executor/test/jointest/hashjoin/hash_join_test.go
@@ -669,3 +669,28 @@ func TestIndexLookupJoin(t *testing.T) {
 	tk.MustQuery("select /*+ inl_hash_join(t1)*/ * from t1 join t2 on t2.b=t1.id and t2.a=t1.id;").Check(testkit.Rows("1 1 1"))
 	tk.MustQuery("select /*+ inl_merge_join(t1)*/ * from t1 join t2 on t2.b=t1.id and t2.a=t1.id;").Check(testkit.Rows("1 1 1"))
 }
+
+func TestExplainAnalyzeIndexHashJoin(t *testing.T) {
+	// Issue 43597
+	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t1;")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t (a int, index idx(a));")
+	sql := "insert into t values"
+	for i := 0; i <= 1024; i++ {
+		if i != 0 {
+			sql += ","
+		}
+		sql += fmt.Sprintf("(%d)", i)
+	}
+	tk.MustExec(sql)
+	for i := 0; i <= 10; i++ {
+		// Test for index lookup hash join.
+		rows := tk.MustQuery("explain analyze select /*+ INL_HASH_JOIN(t1, t2) */ * from t t1 join t t2 on t1.a=t2.a limit 1;").Rows()
+		require.Equal(t, 7, len(rows))
+		require.Regexp(t, "IndexHashJoin.*", rows[1][0])
+		// When innerWorkerRuntimeStats.join is negative, `join:` will not print.
+		require.Regexp(t, "time:.*, loops:.*, inner:{total:.*, concurrency:.*, task:.*, construct:.*, fetch:.*, build:.*, join:.*}", rows[1][5])
+	}
+}