diff --git a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/hot_region.go b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/hot_region.go
index c353621bb7fe..4806180e4506 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/hot_region.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/hot_region.go
@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ func (bs *balanceSolver) tryAddPendingInfluence() bool {
 	dstStoreID := uint64(0)
 	if isSplit {
 		region := bs.GetRegion(bs.ops[0].RegionID())
+		if region == nil {
+			return false
+		}
 		for id := range region.GetStoreIDs() {
 			srcStoreIDs = append(srcStoreIDs, id)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/split_bucket.go b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/split_bucket.go
index 5e75bded9b43..a08c84372b5d 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/schedulers/split_bucket.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/schedulers/split_bucket.go
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ func (s *splitBucketScheduler) splitBucket(plan *splitBucketPlan) []*operator.Op
 	}
 	if splitBucket != nil {
 		region := plan.cluster.GetRegion(splitBucket.RegionID)
+		if region == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
 		splitKey := make([][]byte, 0)
 		if bytes.Compare(region.GetStartKey(), splitBucket.StartKey) < 0 {
 			splitKey = append(splitKey, splitBucket.StartKey)
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ func (s *splitBucketScheduler) splitBucket(plan *splitBucketPlan) []*operator.Op
 		if bytes.Compare(region.GetEndKey(), splitBucket.EndKey) > 0 {
 			splitKey = append(splitKey, splitBucket.EndKey)
 		}
-		op, err := operator.CreateSplitRegionOperator(SplitBucketType, plan.cluster.GetRegion(splitBucket.RegionID), operator.OpSplit,
+		op, err := operator.CreateSplitRegionOperator(SplitBucketType, region, operator.OpSplit,
 			pdpb.CheckPolicy_USEKEY, splitKey)
 		if err != nil {
 			splitBucketCreateOpeartorFailCounter.Inc()
diff --git a/pkg/statistics/region_collection.go b/pkg/statistics/region_collection.go
index c79eb0a3132c..26cbea9ef92d 100644
--- a/pkg/statistics/region_collection.go
+++ b/pkg/statistics/region_collection.go
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ func (r *RegionStatistics) GetRegionStatsByType(typ RegionStatisticType) []*core
 	defer r.RUnlock()
 	res := make([]*core.RegionInfo, 0, len(r.stats[typ]))
 	for regionID := range r.stats[typ] {
-		res = append(res, r.rip.GetRegion(regionID).Clone())
+		region := r.rip.GetRegion(regionID)
+		if region == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		res = append(res, region.Clone())
 	}
 	return res
 }