diff --git a/internal/querynode/index_loader.go b/internal/querynode/index_loader.go
index 43c1ea3f3e..0256813eda 100644
--- a/internal/querynode/index_loader.go
+++ b/internal/querynode/index_loader.go
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ func (loader *indexLoader) setIndexInfo(collectionID UniqueID, segment *Segment,
 	if len(pathResponse.FilePaths) <= 0 {
 		return errors.New("illegal index file paths")
 	}
+	if len(pathResponse.FilePaths[0].IndexFilePaths) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("empty index paths")
+	}
 
 	info := &indexInfo{
 		indexID:    response.IndexID,
diff --git a/internal/querynode/index_loader_test.go b/internal/querynode/index_loader_test.go
index c2e47c96ab..4bd83825ef 100644
--- a/internal/querynode/index_loader_test.go
+++ b/internal/querynode/index_loader_test.go
@@ -111,6 +111,24 @@ func TestIndexLoader_loadIndex(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("test set indexinfo with empty indexFilePath", func(t *testing.T) {
+		historical, err := genSimpleHistorical(ctx)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		segment, err := genSimpleSealedSegment()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		historical.loader.indexLoader.rootCoord = newMockRootCoord()
+		ic := newMockIndexCoord()
+		ic.idxFileInfo.IndexFilePaths = []string{}
+
+		historical.loader.indexLoader.indexCoord = ic
+
+		err = historical.loader.indexLoader.setIndexInfo(defaultCollectionID, segment, simpleVecField.id)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	})
+
 	//t.Run("test get index failed", func(t *testing.T) {
 	//	historical, err := genSimpleHistorical(ctx)
 	//	assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/querynode/mock_components_test.go b/internal/querynode/mock_components_test.go
index 05f4f36a1d..a1bcbd6867 100644
--- a/internal/querynode/mock_components_test.go
+++ b/internal/querynode/mock_components_test.go
@@ -177,10 +177,22 @@ func (m *mockRootCoord) GetMetrics(ctx context.Context, req *milvuspb.GetMetrics
 type mockIndexCoord struct {
 	types.Component
 	types.TimeTickProvider
+
+	idxFileInfo *indexpb.IndexFilePathInfo
 }
 
 func newMockIndexCoord() *mockIndexCoord {
-	return &mockIndexCoord{}
+	paths, _ := generateIndex(defaultSegmentID)
+	return &mockIndexCoord{
+		idxFileInfo: &indexpb.IndexFilePathInfo{
+			Status: &commonpb.Status{
+				ErrorCode: commonpb.ErrorCode_Success,
+			},
+			IndexBuildID:   buildID,
+			IndexFilePaths: paths,
+		},
+	}
+
 }
 
 func (m *mockIndexCoord) BuildIndex(ctx context.Context, req *indexpb.BuildIndexRequest) (*indexpb.BuildIndexResponse, error) {
@@ -196,27 +208,11 @@ func (m *mockIndexCoord) GetIndexStates(ctx context.Context, req *indexpb.GetInd
 }
 
 func (m *mockIndexCoord) GetIndexFilePaths(ctx context.Context, req *indexpb.GetIndexFilePathsRequest) (*indexpb.GetIndexFilePathsResponse, error) {
-	paths, err := generateIndex(defaultSegmentID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return &indexpb.GetIndexFilePathsResponse{
-			Status: &commonpb.Status{
-				ErrorCode: commonpb.ErrorCode_UnexpectedError,
-			},
-		}, nil
-	}
 	return &indexpb.GetIndexFilePathsResponse{
 		Status: &commonpb.Status{
 			ErrorCode: commonpb.ErrorCode_Success,
 		},
-		FilePaths: []*indexpb.IndexFilePathInfo{
-			{
-				Status: &commonpb.Status{
-					ErrorCode: commonpb.ErrorCode_Success,
-				},
-				IndexBuildID:   buildID,
-				IndexFilePaths: paths,
-			},
-		},
+		FilePaths: []*indexpb.IndexFilePathInfo{m.idxFileInfo},
 	}, nil
 }