diff --git a/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp b/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
index 0b92c109901964..f9b12cc671dc86 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ 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