diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.cpp b/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.cpp
index 3eb545812fa1..ad5c95037565 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ VectorFieldIndexing::VectorFieldIndexing(const FieldMeta& field_meta,
                                                field_index_meta,
                                                segcore_config,
                                                SegmentType::Growing)) {
+    recreate_index();
+}
+
+void
+VectorFieldIndexing::recreate_index() {
     index_ = std::make_unique<index::VectorMemIndex<float>>(
         config_->GetIndexType(),
         config_->GetMetricType(),
@@ -128,6 +133,8 @@ VectorFieldIndexing::AppendSegmentIndexSparse(int64_t reserved_offset,
                 }
             } catch (SegcoreError& error) {
                 LOG_ERROR("growing sparse index build error: {}", error.what());
+                recreate_index();
+                index_cur_ = 0;
                 return;
             }
             index_cur_.fetch_add(rows);
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ VectorFieldIndexing::AppendSegmentIndexDense(int64_t reserved_offset,
             index_->BuildWithDataset(dataset, conf);
         } catch (SegcoreError& error) {
             LOG_ERROR("growing index build error: {}", error.what());
+            recreate_index();
             return;
         }
         index_cur_.fetch_add(vec_num);
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.h b/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.h
index 4a77a2dbaf59..19de3974747e 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.h
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/FieldIndexing.h
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ class VectorFieldIndexing : public FieldIndexing {
     get_search_params(const SearchInfo& searchInfo) const;
 
  private:
+    void
+    recreate_index();
     // current number of rows in index.
     std::atomic<idx_t> index_cur_ = 0;
     // whether the growing index has been built.
diff --git a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp
index 463a31ae47f7..e059d3b4423e 100644
--- a/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp
+++ b/internal/core/src/segcore/SegmentGrowingImpl.cpp
@@ -627,22 +627,35 @@ SegmentGrowingImpl::bulk_subscript_sparse_float_vector_impl(
     milvus::proto::schema::SparseFloatArray* output) const {
     AssertInfo(HasRawData(field_id.get()), "Growing segment loss raw data");
 
-    // if index has finished building index, grab from index
+    // if index has finished building, grab from index without any
+    // synchronization operations.
     if (indexing_record_.SyncDataWithIndex(field_id)) {
         indexing_record_.GetDataFromIndex(
             field_id, seg_offsets, count, 0, output);
         return;
     }
-    // else copy from raw data
-    std::lock_guard<std::shared_mutex> guard(chunk_mutex_);
-    SparseRowsToProto(
-        [&](size_t i) {
-            auto offset = seg_offsets[i];
-            return offset != INVALID_SEG_OFFSET ? vec_raw->get_element(offset)
-                                                : nullptr;
-        },
-        count,
-        output);
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::shared_mutex> guard(chunk_mutex_);
+        // check again after lock to make sure: if index has finished building
+        // after the above check but before we grabbed the lock, we should grab
+        // from index as the data in chunk may have been removed in
+        // try_remove_chunks.
+        if (!indexing_record_.SyncDataWithIndex(field_id)) {
+            // copy from raw data
+            SparseRowsToProto(
+                [&](size_t i) {
+                    auto offset = seg_offsets[i];
+                    return offset != INVALID_SEG_OFFSET
+                               ? vec_raw->get_element(offset)
+                               : nullptr;
+                },
+                count,
+                output);
+            return;
+        }
+        // else: release lock and copy from index
+    }
+    indexing_record_.GetDataFromIndex(field_id, seg_offsets, count, 0, output);
 }
 
 template <typename S, typename T>
@@ -675,25 +688,38 @@ SegmentGrowingImpl::bulk_subscript_impl(FieldId field_id,
 
     // HasRawData interface guarantees that data can be fetched from growing segment
     AssertInfo(HasRawData(field_id.get()), "Growing segment loss raw data");
-    // when data is in sync with index
+
+    // if index has finished building, grab from index without any
+    // synchronization operations.
     if (indexing_record_.SyncDataWithIndex(field_id)) {
         indexing_record_.GetDataFromIndex(
             field_id, seg_offsets, count, element_sizeof, output_raw);
         return;
     }
-    // else copy from chunk
-    std::lock_guard<std::shared_mutex> guard(chunk_mutex_);
-    auto output_base = reinterpret_cast<char*>(output_raw);
-    for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-        auto dst = output_base + i * element_sizeof;
-        auto offset = seg_offsets[i];
-        if (offset == INVALID_SEG_OFFSET) {
-            memset(dst, 0, element_sizeof);
-        } else {
-            auto src = (const uint8_t*)vec.get_element(offset);
-            memcpy(dst, src, element_sizeof);
+    {
+        std::lock_guard<std::shared_mutex> guard(chunk_mutex_);
+        // check again after lock to make sure: if index has finished building
+        // after the above check but before we grabbed the lock, we should grab
+        // from index as the data in chunk may have been removed in
+        // try_remove_chunks.
+        if (!indexing_record_.SyncDataWithIndex(field_id)) {
+            auto output_base = reinterpret_cast<char*>(output_raw);
+            for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+                auto dst = output_base + i * element_sizeof;
+                auto offset = seg_offsets[i];
+                if (offset == INVALID_SEG_OFFSET) {
+                    memset(dst, 0, element_sizeof);
+                } else {
+                    auto src = (const uint8_t*)vec.get_element(offset);
+                    memcpy(dst, src, element_sizeof);
+                }
+            }
+            return;
         }
+        // else: release lock and copy from index
     }
+    indexing_record_.GetDataFromIndex(
+        field_id, seg_offsets, count, element_sizeof, output_raw);
 }
 
 template <typename S, typename T>