diff --git a/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts b/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts
index 64825cb1f6..a915ef6bdd 100644
--- a/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts
+++ b/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ class SankeySeriesModel extends SeriesModel<SankeySeriesOption> {
     }
 
     setNodePosition(dataIndex: number, localPosition: number[]) {
-        const dataItem = this.option.data[dataIndex];
+        const nodes = this.option.data || this.option.nodes;
+        const dataItem = nodes[dataIndex];
         dataItem.localX = localPosition[0];
         dataItem.localY = localPosition[1];
     }
diff --git a/test/sankey-series-nodes.html b/test/sankey-series-nodes.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d40be3c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sankey-series-nodes.html
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+        <script src="lib/simpleRequire.js"></script>
+        <script src="lib/config.js"></script>
+        <script src="lib/jquery.min.js"></script>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <style>
+            html, body, #main {
+                width: 100%;
+                height: 100%;
+                /*border: 1px solid #000;*/
+            }
+        </style>
+        <div id="main"><div>
+        <script>
+            require([
+                'echarts',
+                './data/energy.json'
+            ], function (echarts, data) {
+
+                var chart = echarts.init(document.getElementById('main'));
+
+                window.onresize = function () {
+                    chart.resize();
+                };
+
+                chart.on('click', function (params) {
+                    console.log(params, params.data);
+                });
+                data.nodes[0].itemStyle = {
+                    normal: {
+                        color: 'red'
+                    }
+                };
+                chart.setOption({
+                    tooltip: {
+                        trigger: 'item',
+                        triggerOn: 'mousemove'
+                    },
+                    series: [
+                        {
+                            type: 'sankey',
+                            focusNodeAdjacency: true,
+                            nodes: data.nodes,
+                            links: data.links,
+                            lineStyle: {
+                                color: 'gradient',
+                                curveness: 0.5
+                            }
+                        }
+                    ]
+                });
+            });
+        </script>
+    </body>
+</html>
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