diff --git a/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp b/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
index 611e32828bba25..b74fe320799f75 100644
--- a/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
+++ b/be/src/olap/tablet.cpp
@@ -3049,7 +3049,10 @@ Status Tablet::calc_segment_delete_bitmap(RowsetSharedPtr rowset,
             auto st = lookup_row_key(key, true, specified_rowsets, &loc, dummy_version.first - 1,
                                      segment_caches, &rowset_find);
             bool expected_st = st.ok() || st.is<KEY_NOT_FOUND>() || st.is<KEY_ALREADY_EXISTS>();
-            DCHECK(expected_st) << "unexpected error status while lookup_row_key:" << st;
+            // It's a defensive DCHECK, we need to exclude some common errors to avoid core-dump
+            // while stress test
+            DCHECK(expected_st || st.is<MEM_LIMIT_EXCEEDED>())
+                    << "unexpected error status while lookup_row_key:" << st;
             if (!expected_st) {
                 return st;
             }