diff --git a/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.cpp b/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.cpp
index ff15b3662e..bbe939717b 100755
--- a/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.cpp
@@ -539,6 +539,31 @@ int ObTabletDDLUtil::prepare_index_data_desc(ObTablet &tablet,
   return ret;
 }
 
+int ObTabletDDLUtil::try_get_first_ddl_sstable(ObTablet &tablet,
+                                               blocksstable::ObSSTable *&first_sstable)
+{
+  int ret = OB_SUCCESS;
+  first_sstable = nullptr;
+  ObTableStoreIterator ddl_table_iter;
+
+  ObITable *first_ddl_sstable = nullptr;
+  if (OB_FAIL(tablet.get_ddl_sstables(ddl_table_iter))) {
+    LOG_WARN("get ddl sstable handles failed", K(ret));
+  } else if (ddl_table_iter.count() > 0) {
+    if (OB_FAIL(ddl_table_iter.get_boundary_table(false/*is_last*/, first_ddl_sstable))) {
+      LOG_WARN("failed to get boundary table", K(ret));
+    } else if (OB_ISNULL(first_ddl_sstable)) {
+      ret = OB_ERR_UNEXPECTED;
+      LOG_ERROR("first_ddl_sstable must not null", K(ret));
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (OB_NOT_NULL(first_ddl_sstable)) {
+    first_sstable = static_cast<ObSSTable *>(first_ddl_sstable);
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
 int ObTabletDDLUtil::create_ddl_sstable(ObTablet &tablet,
                                         const ObTabletDDLParam &ddl_param,
                                         const ObIArray<const ObDataMacroBlockMeta *> &meta_array,
diff --git a/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.h b/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.h
index 2b3e68982e..811484e480 100755
--- a/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.h
+++ b/src/storage/ddl/ob_ddl_merge_task.h
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ public:
                                      const int64_t ddl_format_version,
                                      const blocksstable::ObSSTable *first_ddl_sstable,
                                      blocksstable::ObDataStoreDesc &data_desc);
-
+  static int try_get_first_ddl_sstable(ObTablet &tablet,
+                                       blocksstable::ObSSTable *&first_sstable);
   static int create_ddl_sstable(ObTablet &tablet,
                                 const ObTabletDDLParam &ddl_param,
                                 const ObIArray<const blocksstable::ObDataMacroBlockMeta *> &meta_array,
diff --git a/src/storage/ddl/ob_tablet_ddl_kv.cpp b/src/storage/ddl/ob_tablet_ddl_kv.cpp
index 2d29ee50ee..0539d5736d 100755
--- a/src/storage/ddl/ob_tablet_ddl_kv.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/ddl/ob_tablet_ddl_kv.cpp
@@ -688,8 +688,11 @@ int ObDDLKV::close(ObTablet &tablet)
     ddl_param.start_scn_ = ddl_start_scn_;
     ddl_param.snapshot_version_ = snapshot_version_;
     ddl_param.data_format_version_ = data_format_version_;
-    if (OB_FAIL(ObTabletDDLUtil::create_ddl_sstable(tablet, ddl_param, meta_array, nullptr/*first_ddl_sstable*/, allocator, sstable))) {
-      LOG_WARN("create ddl sstable failed", K(ret), K(ddl_param));
+    ObSSTable *first_sstable = nullptr;
+    if (OB_FAIL(ObTabletDDLUtil::try_get_first_ddl_sstable(tablet, first_sstable))) {
+      LOG_WARN("fail to get first sstable", K(ret), K(tablet));
+    } else if (OB_FAIL(ObTabletDDLUtil::create_ddl_sstable(tablet, ddl_param, meta_array, first_sstable, allocator, sstable))) {
+      LOG_WARN("create ddl sstable failed", K(ret), K(ddl_param), KP(first_sstable));
     } else if (OB_FAIL(ObTabletDDLUtil::update_ddl_table_store(tablet, ddl_param, allocator, sstable))) {
       LOG_WARN("update ddl table store failed", K(ret), K(ddl_param), K(sstable));
     } else {