diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRule.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRule.java
index 047e2cb028cc9..9c13c07eca766 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRule.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRule.java
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ private Optional<ScalarOperator> getOptimizedCompoundTree(CompoundPredicateOpera
         parent.setCompoundTreeUniqueLeaves(compoundTreeUniqueLeaves);
 
         // this tree can be optimized
-        if (compoundTreeUniqueLeaves.size() != parent.getCompoundTreeLeafNodeNumber()) {
+        if (compoundTreeUniqueLeaves != null &&
+                compoundTreeUniqueLeaves.size() != parent.getCompoundTreeLeafNodeNumber()) {
             ScalarOperator newTree = Utils.createCompound(parent.getCompoundType(),
                     compoundTreeUniqueLeaves.stream().map(
                             node -> {
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRuleTest.java b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRuleTest.java
index d92662dba2088..545747fa1171b 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRuleTest.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/com/starrocks/sql/optimizer/rewrite/scalar/NormalizePredicateRuleTest.java
@@ -142,4 +142,20 @@ public void testCompound1() {
         ScalarOperator res =
                 operatorRewriter.rewrite(compoundPredicateOperator, Lists.newArrayList(new NormalizePredicateRule()));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCompound2() {
+        InPredicateOperator inOp = new InPredicateOperator(
+                false,
+                ConstantOperator.createInt(1063),
+                new ColumnRefOperator(0, Type.INT, "col1", false),
+                new ColumnRefOperator(1, Type.INT, "col2", false),
+                new ColumnRefOperator(2, Type.INT, "col3", false),
+                new ColumnRefOperator(3, Type.INT, "col4", false)
+        );
+
+        ScalarOperatorRewriter operatorRewriter = new ScalarOperatorRewriter();
+        ScalarOperator res =
+                operatorRewriter.rewrite(inOp, Lists.newArrayList(new NormalizePredicateRule()));
+    }
 }
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