diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Env.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Env.java
index 5bfe0cf1bf1a82..559094de4425de 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Env.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Env.java
@@ -5560,6 +5560,7 @@ public String dumpImage() {
                 saveImage(dumpFile, journalId);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 LOG.error("failed to dump image to {}", dumpFilePath, e);
+                return null;
             }
         } finally {
             // unlock all