diff --git a/src/share/allocator/ob_gmemstore_allocator.cpp b/src/share/allocator/ob_gmemstore_allocator.cpp
index 4aeda40447..11a3b6c00a 100644
--- a/src/share/allocator/ob_gmemstore_allocator.cpp
+++ b/src/share/allocator/ob_gmemstore_allocator.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ void* ObGMemstoreAllocator::alloc(AllocHandle& handle, int64_t size)
   if (!handle.is_id_valid()) {
     COMMON_LOG(TRACE, "MTALLOC.first_alloc", KP(&handle.mt_));
     LockGuard guard(lock_);
-    if (!handle.is_id_valid()) {
+    if (handle.is_frozen()) {
+      COMMON_LOG(ERROR, "cannot alloc because allocator is frozen", K(ret), K(handle.mt_));
+    } else if (!handle.is_id_valid()) {
       handle.set_clock(arena_.retired());
       hlist_.set_active(handle);
     }
diff --git a/src/share/allocator/ob_handle_list.h b/src/share/allocator/ob_handle_list.h
index 74680a7a76..f0f9720a9e 100644
--- a/src/share/allocator/ob_handle_list.h
+++ b/src/share/allocator/ob_handle_list.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public:
     }
     void set_frozen() { ATOMIC_STORE(&freeze_stat_, FROZEN); }
     bool is_active() const { return ATOMIC_LOAD(&freeze_stat_) == ACTIVE; }
+    bool is_frozen() const { return ATOMIC_LOAD(&freeze_stat_) == FROZEN; }
     TO_STRING_KV(K_(freeze_stat), K_(id), K_(clock));
   };
   ObHandleList(): id_(0), hazard_(INT64_MAX), total_count_(0) {