diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/cloud/catalog/CloudPartition.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/cloud/catalog/CloudPartition.java
index 882bb7f6933c8f..5036a0e01c4464 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/cloud/catalog/CloudPartition.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/cloud/catalog/CloudPartition.java
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ public long getVisibleVersion() {
             if (resp.getStatus().getCode() == MetaServiceCode.OK) {
                 version = resp.getVersion();
                 // Cache visible version, see hasData() for details.
-                assert resp.getVersionUpdateTimeMsList().size() == 1;
-                setCachedVisibleVersion(version, resp.getVersionUpdateTimeMs(0));
+                long mTime = resp.getVersionUpdateTimeMsList().size() == 1 ? resp.getVersionUpdateTimeMs(0) : 0;
+                setCachedVisibleVersion(version, mTime);
             } else {
                 assert resp.getStatus().getCode() == MetaServiceCode.VERSION_NOT_FOUND;
                 version = Partition.PARTITION_INIT_VERSION;