diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
index 9e4dbd83c55..2c21574f616 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ tsql_openjson_with_columnize(Jsonb *jb, char *col_info)
 		if (token)
 		{
 			token = strtok(NULL, ")");
-			if (token)
+			if (token && atoi(token) > 0)
 				col_size = atoi(token);
 		}
 	}