diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSender.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSender.java
index 22df039325d868..86539a39b67f39 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSender.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSender.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.doris.statistics;
 
+import org.apache.doris.catalog.Column;
 import org.apache.doris.catalog.Env;
 import org.apache.doris.catalog.TableIf;
 import org.apache.doris.common.ClientPool;
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ protected Set<TQueryColumn> getNeedAnalyzeColumns(Queue<QueryColumn> columnQueue
                 LOG.warn("Failed to find table for column {}", column.colName);
                 continue;
             }
-            if (StatisticsUtil.isUnsupportedType(table.getColumn(column.colName).getType())) {
+            Column col = table.getColumn(column.colName);
+            if (col == null || StatisticsUtil.isUnsupportedType(col.getType())) {
                 continue;
             }
             Set<Pair<String, String>> columnIndexPairs = table.getColumnIndexPairs(
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSenderTest.java b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSenderTest.java
index 84a3c45c5bc81c..d45792ec9b4034 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSenderTest.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/test/java/org/apache/doris/statistics/FollowerColumnSenderTest.java
@@ -72,4 +72,32 @@ public void testGetNeedAnalyzeColumns() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetNeedAnalyzeColumnsSkipDroppedColumns() {
+        OlapTable mockTable = Mockito.mock(OlapTable.class);
+        Mockito.when(mockTable.getColumn("dropped")).thenReturn(null);
+        Mockito.when(mockTable.getColumn("visible")).thenReturn(new Column("visible", PrimitiveType.INT));
+        Mockito.when(mockTable.getColumnIndexPairs(Mockito.any()))
+                .thenReturn(Collections.singleton(Pair.of("mockIndex", "visible")));
+
+        try (MockedStatic<StatisticsUtil> statisticsUtilStatic = Mockito.mockStatic(StatisticsUtil.class)) {
+            statisticsUtilStatic.when(() -> StatisticsUtil.needAnalyzeColumn(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any()))
+                    .thenReturn(true);
+            statisticsUtilStatic.when(() -> StatisticsUtil.findTable(Mockito.anyLong(), Mockito.anyLong(), Mockito.anyLong()))
+                    .thenReturn(mockTable);
+
+            QueryColumn droppedColumn = new QueryColumn(1, 2, 3, "dropped");
+            QueryColumn visibleQueryColumn = new QueryColumn(1, 2, 3, "visible");
+            Queue<QueryColumn> queue = new BlockingArrayQueue<>();
+            queue.add(droppedColumn);
+            queue.add(visibleQueryColumn);
+
+            FollowerColumnSender sender = new FollowerColumnSender();
+            Set<TQueryColumn> needAnalyzeColumns = sender.getNeedAnalyzeColumns(queue);
+            Assertions.assertEquals(1, needAnalyzeColumns.size());
+            Assertions.assertFalse(needAnalyzeColumns.contains(droppedColumn.toThrift()));
+            Assertions.assertTrue(needAnalyzeColumns.contains(visibleQueryColumn.toThrift()));
+        }
+    }
+
 }