diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/trees/expressions/functions/executable/StringArithmetic.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/trees/expressions/functions/executable/StringArithmetic.java
index bc3317ea8d7ab7..00b674ace6a30a 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/trees/expressions/functions/executable/StringArithmetic.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/trees/expressions/functions/executable/StringArithmetic.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ private static String substringImpl(String first, int second, int third) {
         if (stringLength == 0) {
             return "";
         }
-        int leftIndex = 0;
+        long leftIndex = 0;
         if (second < (- stringLength)) {
             return "";
         } else if (second < 0) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private static String substringImpl(String first, int second, int third) {
         } else {
             return "";
         }
-        int rightIndex = 0;
+        long rightIndex = 0;
         if (third <= 0) {
             return "";
         } else if ((third + leftIndex) > stringLength) {
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ private static String substringImpl(String first, int second, int third) {
         } else {
             rightIndex = third + leftIndex;
         }
-        return first.substring(leftIndex, rightIndex);
+        // left index and right index are in integer range because of definition, so we can safely cast it to int
+        return first.substring((int) leftIndex, (int) rightIndex);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/nereids_p0/expression/fold_constant/fold_constant_string_arithmatic.groovy b/regression-test/suites/nereids_p0/expression/fold_constant/fold_constant_string_arithmatic.groovy
index 734094eab86aac..dce90006065fa3 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/nereids_p0/expression/fold_constant/fold_constant_string_arithmatic.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/nereids_p0/expression/fold_constant/fold_constant_string_arithmatic.groovy
@@ -653,6 +653,9 @@ suite("fold_constant_string_arithmatic") {
     testFoldConst("select substr('abcdef',3,-1)")
     testFoldConst("select substr('',3,-1)")
     testFoldConst("select substr('abcdef',3,10)")
+    testFoldConst("select substr('abcdef',-3)")
+    testFoldConst("select substr('abcdef',3)")
+    testFoldConst("select substr('',3)")
 
     // substring
     testFoldConst("select substring('1', 1, 1)")
@@ -679,6 +682,9 @@ suite("fold_constant_string_arithmatic") {
     testFoldConst("select substring('Hello World', 1, 5)")
     testFoldConst("select substring('', 1, 5)")
     testFoldConst("select substring('Hello World', 1, 50)")
+    testFoldConst("select substring('abcdef',-3)")
+    testFoldConst("select substring('abcdef',3)")
+    testFoldConst("select substring('',3)")
 
     // substring_index
     testFoldConst("select substring_index('a,b,c', ',', 2)")