diff --git a/be/src/vec/common/pod_array.h b/be/src/vec/common/pod_array.h
index 9a00e295cb34fa..d4324c91f75e4f 100644
--- a/be/src/vec/common/pod_array.h
+++ b/be/src/vec/common/pod_array.h
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ class PODArray : public PODArrayBase<sizeof(T), initial_bytes, TAllocator, pad_r
       */
     template <typename... Args>
     void emplace_back(Args&&... args) {
-        if (UNLIKELY(this->c_end + sizeof(T) > this->c_end_of_storage)) {
+        if (UNLIKELY(this->c_end == nullptr ||
+                     (this->c_end + sizeof(T) > this->c_end_of_storage))) {
             this->reserve_for_next_size();
         }