diff --git a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
index 27b1e0405..bdc5315eb 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
@@ -1924,14 +1924,16 @@ wasm_frame_func_offset(const wasm_frame_t *frame)
 void
 wasm_frame_vec_clone_internal(Vector *src, Vector *out)
 {
-    bh_assert(src->num_elems != 0 && src->data);
-
-    bh_vector_destroy(out);
-    if (!bh_vector_init(out, src->num_elems, sizeof(WASMCApiFrame), false)) {
+    if (src->num_elems == 0) {
         bh_vector_destroy(out);
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!bh_vector_destroy(out)
+        || !bh_vector_init(out, src->num_elems, sizeof(WASMCApiFrame), false)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     bh_memcpy_s(out->data, src->num_elems * sizeof(WASMCApiFrame), src->data,
                 src->num_elems * sizeof(WASMCApiFrame));
     out->num_elems = src->num_elems;