diff --git a/be/src/exprs/expr.cpp b/be/src/exprs/expr.cpp
index 89e3077e4bcfd3..b09bc6cfb198eb 100644
--- a/be/src/exprs/expr.cpp
+++ b/be/src/exprs/expr.cpp
@@ -524,9 +524,17 @@ Status Expr::prepare(const std::vector<ExprContext*>& ctxs, RuntimeState* state,
 
 Status Expr::prepare(RuntimeState* state, const RowDescriptor& row_desc, ExprContext* context) {
     DCHECK(_type.type != INVALID_TYPE);
+    ++context->_depth_num;
+    if (context->_depth_num > config::max_depth_of_expr_tree) {
+        return Status::InternalError(
+                fmt::format("The depth of the expression tree is too big, make it less than {}",
+                            config::max_depth_of_expr_tree));
+    }
     for (int i = 0; i < _children.size(); ++i) {
         RETURN_IF_ERROR(_children[i]->prepare(state, row_desc, context));
     }
+
+    --context->_depth_num;
     return Status::OK();
 }
 
diff --git a/be/src/exprs/expr_context.h b/be/src/exprs/expr_context.h
index e61d60fd000056..6b94a1ab741716 100644
--- a/be/src/exprs/expr_context.h
+++ b/be/src/exprs/expr_context.h
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ class ExprContext {
     /// Calls the appropriate Get*Val() function on 'e' and stores the result in result_.
     /// This is used by Exprs to call GetValue() on a child expr, rather than root_.
     void* get_value(Expr* e, TupleRow* row, int precision = 0, int scale = 0);
+
+    /// The depth of expression-tree.
+    int _depth_num = 0;
 };
 
 inline void* ExprContext::get_value(TupleRow* row) {