diff --git a/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/cypher/executor/GraphQueryExecutor.java b/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/cypher/executor/GraphQueryExecutor.java
index 8db5c94c5109..7fad028a8603 100644
--- a/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/cypher/executor/GraphQueryExecutor.java
+++ b/interactive_engine/compiler/src/main/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/cypher/executor/GraphQueryExecutor.java
@@ -145,15 +145,27 @@ public StatementResult run(
             statusCallback
                     .getQueryLogger()
                     .info("logical IR plan \n\n {} \n\n", planSummary.getLogicalPlan().explain());
-            statusCallback
-                    .getQueryLogger()
-                    .debug("physical IR plan {}", planSummary.getPhysicalPlan().explain());
-            if (planSummary.getLogicalPlan().isReturnEmpty()) {
-                return StatementResults.initial();
+            boolean returnEmpty = planSummary.getLogicalPlan().isReturnEmpty();
+            if (!returnEmpty) {
+                statusCallback
+                        .getQueryLogger()
+                        .debug("physical IR plan {}", planSummary.getPhysicalPlan().explain());
             }
             QueryTimeoutConfig timeoutConfig = getQueryTimeoutConfig();
             GraphPlanExecutor executor;
-            if (cacheValue.result != null && cacheValue.result.isCompleted) {
+            if (returnEmpty) {
+                executor =
+                        new GraphPlanExecutor() {
+                            @Override
+                            public void execute(
+                                    GraphPlanner.Summary summary,
+                                    IrMeta irMeta,
+                                    ExecutionResponseListener listener)
+                                    throws Exception {
+                                listener.onCompleted();
+                            }
+                        };
+            } else if (cacheValue.result != null && cacheValue.result.isCompleted) {
                 executor =
                         new GraphPlanExecutor() {
                             @Override
diff --git a/interactive_engine/compiler/src/test/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/planner/rbo/ScanEarlyStopTest.java b/interactive_engine/compiler/src/test/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/planner/rbo/ScanEarlyStopTest.java
index c5b0cb7ed558..6a27d4583276 100644
--- a/interactive_engine/compiler/src/test/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/planner/rbo/ScanEarlyStopTest.java
+++ b/interactive_engine/compiler/src/test/java/com/alibaba/graphscope/common/ir/planner/rbo/ScanEarlyStopTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.alibaba.graphscope.common.ir.planner.GraphIOProcessor;
 import com.alibaba.graphscope.common.ir.planner.GraphRelOptimizer;
 import com.alibaba.graphscope.common.ir.tools.GraphBuilder;
+import com.alibaba.graphscope.common.ir.tools.LogicalPlan;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 
 import org.apache.calcite.rel.RelNode;
@@ -105,4 +106,18 @@ public void scan_early_stop_1_test() {
                     + " 10>}])",
                 after.explain().trim());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void scan_early_stop_2_test() {
+        GraphBuilder builder = Utils.mockGraphBuilder(optimizer, irMeta);
+        RelNode before =
+                com.alibaba.graphscope.cypher.antlr4.Utils.eval(
+                                "Match (:PERSON)-[n:KNOWS]->(b) Where n.creationDate > $date Return"
+                                        + " n Limit 0",
+                                builder)
+                        .build();
+        RelNode after = optimizer.optimize(before, new GraphIOProcessor(builder, irMeta));
+        LogicalPlan plan = new LogicalPlan(after);
+        Assert.assertTrue(plan.isReturnEmpty());
+    }
 }