diff --git a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp
index 32240f11b23795..4b3954a27d911a 100644
--- a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp
+++ b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ Status KafkaDataConsumer::group_consume(
         consumer_watch.stop();
         switch (msg->err()) {
             case RdKafka::ERR_NO_ERROR:
-                if (!queue->blocking_put(msg.get())) {
+                if (msg->len() == 0) {
+                    // ignore msg with length 0.
+                    // put empty msg into queue will cause the load process shutting down.
+                    break;
+                } else if (!queue->blocking_put(msg.get())) {
                     // queue is shutdown
                     done = true;
                 } else {