diff --git a/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp b/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
index d1bb734d9033ae..a4ed447009439f 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ void WriteCooldownMetaExecutors::WriteCooldownMetaExecutors::submit(TabletShared
             VLOG_NOTICE << "tablet " << tablet_id << " is not cooldown replica";
             return;
         }
+        if (tablet->tablet_state() == TABLET_SHUTDOWN) [[unlikely]] {
+            LOG_INFO("tablet {} has been dropped, don't do cooldown", tablet_id);
+            return;
+        }
     }
     {
         // one tablet could at most have one cooldown task to be done