diff --git a/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp b/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
index a59ab3180788df..1bc7fbfa2a31c1 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
@@ -828,6 +828,11 @@ void Compaction::construct_index_compaction_columns(RowsetWriterContext& ctx) {
             continue;
         }
         auto col_unique_id = col_unique_ids[0];
+        if (!_cur_tablet_schema->has_column_unique_id(col_unique_id)) {
+            LOG(WARNING) << "tablet[" << _tablet->tablet_id() << "] column_unique_id["
+                         << col_unique_id << "] not found, will skip index compaction";
+            continue;
+        }
         // Avoid doing inverted index compaction on non-slice type columns
         if (!field_is_slice_type(_cur_tablet_schema->column_by_uid(col_unique_id).type())) {
             continue;
diff --git a/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.cpp b/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.cpp
index 303d0a1dd53587..9df75a84f6a8b4 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.cpp
@@ -1352,6 +1352,10 @@ bool TabletSchema::exist_column(const std::string& field_name) const {
     return _field_name_to_index.contains(StringRef {field_name});
 }
 
+bool TabletSchema::has_column_unique_id(int32_t col_unique_id) const {
+    return _field_id_to_index.contains(col_unique_id);
+}
+
 Status TabletSchema::have_column(const std::string& field_name) const {
     if (!_field_name_to_index.contains(StringRef(field_name))) {
         return Status::Error<ErrorCode::INTERNAL_ERROR>(
diff --git a/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.h b/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.h
index 8179fd2ccc8ef4..41eb8ccd1e3cef 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.h
+++ b/be/src/olap/tablet_schema.h
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ class TabletSchema : public MetadataAdder<TabletSchema> {
     Result<const TabletColumn*> column(const std::string& field_name) const;
     Status have_column(const std::string& field_name) const;
     bool exist_column(const std::string& field_name) const;
+    bool has_column_unique_id(int32_t col_unique_id) const;
     const TabletColumn& column_by_uid(int32_t col_unique_id) const;
     TabletColumn& mutable_column_by_uid(int32_t col_unique_id);
     TabletColumn& mutable_column(size_t ordinal);