diff --git a/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp b/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
index 8dc49b215bc32a..2190521589c80b 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ Status Compaction::do_inverted_index_compaction() {
             } else {
                 DCHECK(false) << err_msg;
             }
+            // log here just for debugging, do not return error
             LOG(WARNING) << err_msg;
-            return Status::InternalError(err_msg);
         }
     }