diff --git a/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp b/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp
index bd25e77ffc0..7900cd21220 100644
--- a/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/mutate/AddVerticesProcessor.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void AddVerticesProcessor::doProcess(const cpp2::AddVerticesRequest& req) {
         code = nebula::cpp2::ErrorCode::E_INVALID_VID;
         break;
       }
-      if (onlyVertex || FLAGS_use_vertex_key) {
+      if (onlyVertex && FLAGS_use_vertex_key) {
         data.emplace_back(NebulaKeyUtils::vertexKey(spaceVidLen_, partId, vid), "");
       }
       for (auto& newTag : newTags) {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void AddVerticesProcessor::doProcessWithIndex(const cpp2::AddVerticesRequest& re
         code = nebula::cpp2::ErrorCode::E_INVALID_VID;
         break;
       }
-      if (onlyVertex || FLAGS_use_vertex_key) {
+      if (onlyVertex && FLAGS_use_vertex_key) {
         verticeData.emplace_back(NebulaKeyUtils::vertexKey(spaceVidLen_, partId, vid));
       }
       for (const auto& newTag : newTags) {