diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 07d2a65984f4a..8620c4dccfbab 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 1. Sharding: Remove ShardingRouteAlgorithmException check logic temporarily to support different actual table name config - [#33367](https://github.com/apache/shardingsphere/pull/33367)
 1. Sharding: Fix SQL COUNT with GROUP BY to prevent incorrect row returns - [#33380](https://github.com/apache/shardingsphere/pull/33380)
 1. Sharding: Fix avg, sum, min, max function return empty data when no query result return - [#33449](https://github.com/apache/shardingsphere/pull/33449)
+1. Encrypt: Fix merge exception without encrypt rule in database - [#33708](https://github.com/apache/shardingsphere/pull/33708)
 
 ### Change Logs
 
diff --git a/features/encrypt/core/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/encrypt/merge/dql/EncryptMergedResult.java b/features/encrypt/core/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/encrypt/merge/dql/EncryptMergedResult.java
index c36d8075c8e0b..654378c557f94 100644
--- a/features/encrypt/core/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/encrypt/merge/dql/EncryptMergedResult.java
+++ b/features/encrypt/core/src/main/java/org/apache/shardingsphere/encrypt/merge/dql/EncryptMergedResult.java
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ public Object getValue(final int columnIndex, final Class<?> type) throws SQLExc
         ShardingSphereDatabase database = metaData.containsDatabase(columnProjection.get().getColumnBoundInfo().getOriginalDatabase().getValue())
                 ? metaData.getDatabase(columnProjection.get().getColumnBoundInfo().getOriginalDatabase().getValue())
                 : this.database;
-        EncryptRule rule = database.getRuleMetaData().getSingleRule(EncryptRule.class);
-        if (!rule.findEncryptTable(originalTableName).map(optional -> optional.isEncryptColumn(originalColumnName)).orElse(false)) {
+        Optional<EncryptRule> rule = database.getRuleMetaData().findSingleRule(EncryptRule.class);
+        if (!rule.isPresent() || !rule.get().findEncryptTable(originalTableName).map(optional -> optional.isEncryptColumn(originalColumnName)).orElse(false)) {
             return mergedResult.getValue(columnIndex, type);
         }
         Object cipherValue = mergedResult.getValue(columnIndex, Object.class);
-        EncryptColumn encryptColumn = rule.getEncryptTable(originalTableName).getEncryptColumn(originalColumnName);
+        EncryptColumn encryptColumn = rule.get().getEncryptTable(originalTableName).getEncryptColumn(originalColumnName);
         String schemaName = selectStatementContext.getTablesContext().getSchemaName()
                 .orElseGet(() -> new DatabaseTypeRegistry(selectStatementContext.getDatabaseType()).getDefaultSchemaName(database.getName()));
         try {