diff --git a/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager.go b/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager.go
index f26e9df584..dd98b9bae4 100644
--- a/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager.go
+++ b/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager.go
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ func (mgr *LeaderViewManager) GetLeadersByShard(shard string) map[int64]*LeaderV
 }
 
 func (mgr *LeaderViewManager) GetLatestLeadersByReplicaShard(replica *Replica, shard string) *LeaderView {
+	if replica == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	mgr.rwmutex.RLock()
 	defer mgr.rwmutex.RUnlock()
 
diff --git a/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager_test.go b/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager_test.go
index 93ad8e0779..48e4580e0e 100644
--- a/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager_test.go
+++ b/internal/querycoordv2/meta/leader_view_manager_test.go
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ func (suite *LeaderViewManagerSuite) TestGetDist() {
 	suite.Len(segments, 1)
 }
 
+func (suite *LeaderViewManagerSuite) TestGetLatestLeadersByReplicaShard() {
+	suite.Run("replica_nil", func() {
+		suite.NotPanics(func() {
+			lv := suite.mgr.GetLatestLeadersByReplicaShard(nil, "")
+			suite.Nil(lv)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func (suite *LeaderViewManagerSuite) TestGetLeader() {
 	mgr := suite.mgr