diff --git a/planner/build_scan_secondary.go b/planner/build_scan_secondary.go
index feb71038b..1b2a34487 100644
--- a/planner/build_scan_secondary.go
+++ b/planner/build_scan_secondary.go
@@ -1027,6 +1027,11 @@ func (this *builder) eqJoinFilter(fl *base.Filter, alias string) (bool, expressi
 func (this *builder) getIndexFilters(entry *indexEntry, node *algebra.KeyspaceTerm,
 	baseKeyspace *base.BaseKeyspace, id expression.Expression) (err error) {
 
+	// special case, if the span is an empty span, no need to proceed
+	if isSpecialSpan(entry.spans, plan.RANGE_EMPTY_SPAN) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	alias := node.Alias()
 	useCBO := this.useCBO && this.keyspaceUseCBO(alias)
 	advisorValidate := this.advisorValidate()
diff --git a/planner/spans_term.go b/planner/spans_term.go
index 53fbbc6f1..0f4da33cb 100644
--- a/planner/spans_term.go
+++ b/planner/spans_term.go
@@ -554,6 +554,19 @@ func setSpecialSpan(rg *plan.Range2) {
 	}
 }
 
+func isSpecialSpan(sspans SargSpans, flag uint32) bool {
+	if tspans, ok := sspans.(*TermSpans); ok {
+		spans := tspans.spans
+		if len(spans) == 1 {
+			rgs := spans[0].Ranges
+			if len(rgs) == 1 {
+				return (rgs[0].Flags & flag) != 0
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func ConvertSpans2ToSpan(spans2 plan.Spans2, total int) (plan.Spans, bool) {
 	exact := true
 	spans := make(plan.Spans, 0, len(spans2))