diff --git a/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp b/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
index 373cd1230c86a5..1acd0ae71291cc 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/compaction.cpp
@@ -688,6 +688,12 @@ void Compaction::construct_skip_inverted_index(RowsetWriterContext& ctx) {
         for (const auto& rowset : _input_rowsets) {
             const auto* tablet_index =
                     rowset->tablet_schema()->get_inverted_index(col_unique_id, "");
+            // no inverted index
+            if (tablet_index == nullptr) {
+                ctx.skip_inverted_index.insert(col_unique_id);
+                is_continue = true;
+                break;
+            }
             const auto& properties = tablet_index->properties();
             if (!first_properties.has_value()) {
                 first_properties = properties;
diff --git a/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index_file_writer.h b/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index_file_writer.h
index 107ddecb949713..9834a6f2dbb165 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index_file_writer.h
+++ b/be/src/olap/rowset/segment_v2/inverted_index_file_writer.h
@@ -78,6 +78,20 @@ class InvertedIndexFileWriter {
 
     void set_file_writer_opts(const io::FileWriterOptions& opts) { _opts = opts; }
 
+    std::string debug_string() {
+        std::stringstream indices_dirs;
+        for (const auto& [index, dir] : _indices_dirs) {
+            indices_dirs << "index id is: " << index.first << " , index suffix is: " << index.second
+                         << " , index dir is: " << dir->toString();
+        }
+        return fmt::format(
+                "inverted index file writer debug string: index storage format is: {}, index path "
+                "prefix is: {}, rowset id is: {}, seg id is: {}, closed is: {}, total file size "
+                "is: {}, index dirs is: {}",
+                _storage_format, _index_path_prefix, _rowset_id, _seg_id, _closed, _total_file_size,
+                indices_dirs.str());
+    }
+
 private:
     InvertedIndexDirectoryMap _indices_dirs;
     const io::FileSystemSPtr _fs;