diff --git a/pkg/executor/cte.go b/pkg/executor/cte.go
index dcad923cabc2f..ef8babbc86aab 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/cte.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/cte.go
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/cteutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/dbterror/exeerrors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/disk"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/logutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/memory"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 var _ exec.Executor = &CTEExec{}
@@ -90,6 +92,9 @@ func (e *CTEExec) Open(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if e.producer.openErr != nil {
+		return e.producer.openErr
+	}
 	if !e.producer.opened {
 		if err = e.producer.openProducer(ctx, e); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -110,8 +115,18 @@ func (e *CTEExec) Next(ctx context.Context, req *chunk.Chunk) (err error) {
 	return e.producer.getChunk(e, req)
 }
 
+func setFirstErr(firstErr error, newErr error, msg string) error {
+	if newErr != nil {
+		logutil.BgLogger().Error("cte got error", zap.Any("err", newErr), zap.Any("extra msg", msg))
+		if firstErr == nil {
+			firstErr = newErr
+		}
+	}
+	return firstErr
+}
+
 // Close implements the Executor interface.
-func (e *CTEExec) Close() (err error) {
+func (e *CTEExec) Close() (firstErr error) {
 	func() {
 		e.producer.resTbl.Lock()
 		defer e.producer.resTbl.Unlock()
@@ -127,13 +142,13 @@ func (e *CTEExec) Close() (err error) {
 			// It means you can still read resTbl after call closeProducer().
 			// You can even call all three functions(openProducer/produce/closeProducer) in CTEExec.Next().
 			// Separating these three function calls is only to follow the abstraction of the volcano model.
-			err = e.producer.closeProducer()
+			err := e.producer.closeProducer()
+			firstErr = setFirstErr(firstErr, err, "close cte producer error")
 		}
 	}()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return e.BaseExecutor.Close()
+	err := e.BaseExecutor.Close()
+	firstErr = setFirstErr(firstErr, err, "close cte children error")
+	return
 }
 
 func (e *CTEExec) reset() {
@@ -143,10 +158,16 @@ func (e *CTEExec) reset() {
 }
 
 type cteProducer struct {
+	// opened should be false when not open or open fail(a.k.a. openErr != nil)
 	opened   bool
 	produced bool
 	closed   bool
 
+	// cteProducer is shared by multiple operators, so if the first operator tries to open
+	// and got error, the second should return open error directly instead of open again.
+	// Otherwise there may be resource leak because Close() only clean resource for the last Open().
+	openErr error
+
 	ctx sessionctx.Context
 
 	seedExec      exec.Executor
@@ -180,6 +201,14 @@ type cteProducer struct {
 }
 
 func (p *cteProducer) openProducer(ctx context.Context, cteExec *CTEExec) (err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		p.openErr = err
+		if err == nil {
+			p.opened = true
+		} else {
+			p.opened = false
+		}
+	}()
 	if p.seedExec == nil {
 		return errors.New("seedExec for CTEExec is nil")
 	}
@@ -187,11 +216,8 @@ func (p *cteProducer) openProducer(ctx context.Context, cteExec *CTEExec) (err e
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if p.memTracker != nil {
-		p.memTracker.Reset()
-	} else {
-		p.memTracker = memory.NewTracker(cteExec.ID(), -1)
-	}
+	p.resetTracker()
+	p.memTracker = memory.NewTracker(cteExec.ID(), -1)
 	p.diskTracker = disk.NewTracker(cteExec.ID(), -1)
 	p.memTracker.AttachTo(p.ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.MemTracker)
 	p.diskTracker.AttachTo(p.ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.DiskTracker)
@@ -221,28 +247,29 @@ func (p *cteProducer) openProducer(ctx context.Context, cteExec *CTEExec) (err e
 			p.hCtx.keyColIdx[i] = i
 		}
 	}
-	p.opened = true
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *cteProducer) closeProducer() (err error) {
-	if err = p.seedExec.Close(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+func (p *cteProducer) closeProducer() (firstErr error) {
+	err := p.seedExec.Close()
+	firstErr = setFirstErr(firstErr, err, "close seedExec err")
 	if p.recursiveExec != nil {
-		if err = p.recursiveExec.Close(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		err = p.recursiveExec.Close()
+		firstErr = setFirstErr(firstErr, err, "close recursiveExec err")
+
 		// `iterInTbl` and `resTbl` are shared by multiple operators,
 		// so will be closed when the SQL finishes.
 		if p.iterOutTbl != nil {
-			if err = p.iterOutTbl.DerefAndClose(); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+			err = p.iterOutTbl.DerefAndClose()
+			firstErr = setFirstErr(firstErr, err, "deref iterOutTbl err")
 		}
 	}
+	// Reset to nil instead of calling Detach(),
+	// because ExplainExec still needs tracker to get mem usage info.
+	p.memTracker = nil
+	p.diskTracker = nil
 	p.closed = true
-	return nil
+	return
 }
 
 func (p *cteProducer) getChunk(cteExec *CTEExec, req *chunk.Chunk) (err error) {
@@ -485,10 +512,22 @@ func (p *cteProducer) reset() {
 	p.hashTbl = nil
 
 	p.opened = false
+	p.openErr = nil
 	p.produced = false
 	p.closed = false
 }
 
+func (p *cteProducer) resetTracker() {
+	if p.memTracker != nil {
+		p.memTracker.Reset()
+		p.memTracker = nil
+	}
+	if p.diskTracker != nil {
+		p.diskTracker.Reset()
+		p.diskTracker = nil
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *cteProducer) reopenTbls() (err error) {
 	if p.isDistinct {
 		p.hashTbl = newConcurrentMapHashTable()