diff --git a/src/planner/expression_binder.cpp b/src/planner/expression_binder.cpp
index 13a58cbb95..71423ef304 100644
--- a/src/planner/expression_binder.cpp
+++ b/src/planner/expression_binder.cpp
@@ -737,6 +737,9 @@ SharedPtr<BaseExpression> ExpressionBinder::BuildMatchSparseExpr(const MatchSpar
 
     SharedPtr<BaseExpression> query_expr = BuildExpression(*expr.query_sparse_expr_, bind_context_ptr, depth, root);
 
+    if (expr.topn_ == 0) {
+        RecoverableError(Status::InvalidParameterValue("topk", std::to_string(expr.topn_), "100"));
+    }
     auto bound_match_sparse_expr = MakeShared<MatchSparseExpression>(std::move(arguments),
                                                                      query_expr,
                                                                      expr.metric_type_,
diff --git a/src/storage/knn_index/sparse/bmp_alg.cppm b/src/storage/knn_index/sparse/bmp_alg.cppm
index 36c75d6b2c..472e35b9c4 100644
--- a/src/storage/knn_index/sparse/bmp_alg.cppm
+++ b/src/storage/knn_index/sparse/bmp_alg.cppm
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ Pair<Vector<BMPDocID>, Vector<DataType>> BMPAlg<DataType, IdxType, CompressType>
                                                                                             i32 topk,
                                                                                             const BmpSearchOptions &options,
                                                                                             const Filter &filter) const {
+    if (topk == 0) {
+        return {{}, {}};
+    }
     std::shared_lock lock(mtx_, std::defer_lock);
     if (options.use_lock_) {
         lock.lock();
diff --git a/src/unit_test/storage/knnindex/knn_sparse/test_bmp_index.cpp b/src/unit_test/storage/knnindex/knn_sparse/test_bmp_index.cpp
index 7e47f7ac68..f7eb0dc4de 100644
--- a/src/unit_test/storage/knnindex/knn_sparse/test_bmp_index.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_test/storage/knnindex/knn_sparse/test_bmp_index.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ class BMPIndexTest : public BaseTest {
         LocalFileSystem fs;
 
         auto test_query = [&](const BMPAlg &index) {
+            {
+                SparseMatrixIter iter(query_set);
+                SparseVecRef vec = iter.val();
+                auto [indices, scores] = index.SearchKnn(vec, 0/*topk*/, options);
+                EXPECT_EQ(indices.size(), 0);
+                EXPECT_EQ(scores.size(), 0);
+            }
             u32 hit_all = 0;
             u32 total_all = 0;
             for (SparseMatrixIter iter(query_set); iter.HasNext(); iter.Next()) {