diff --git a/src/connector/src/source/nats/enumerator/mod.rs b/src/connector/src/source/nats/enumerator/mod.rs
index e1d4f96197716..c5059fdc8186c 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/source/nats/enumerator/mod.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/source/nats/enumerator/mod.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ use super::source::{NatsOffset, NatsSplit};
 use super::NatsProperties;
 use crate::source::{SourceEnumeratorContextRef, SplitEnumerator, SplitId};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct NatsSplitEnumerator {
     subject: String,
     split_id: SplitId,
+    client: async_nats::Client,
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -36,13 +37,23 @@ impl SplitEnumerator for NatsSplitEnumerator {
         properties: Self::Properties,
         _context: SourceEnumeratorContextRef,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<NatsSplitEnumerator> {
+        let client = properties.common.build_client().await?;
         Ok(Self {
             subject: properties.common.subject,
             split_id: Arc::from("0"),
+            client,
         })
     }
 
     async fn list_splits(&mut self) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<NatsSplit>> {
+        // Nats currently does not support list_splits API, if we simple return the default 0 without checking the client status, will result executor crash
+        let state = self.client.connection_state();
+        if state != async_nats::connection::State::Connected {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                "Nats connection status is not connected, current status is {:?}",
+                state
+            ));
+        }
         // TODO: to simplify the logic, return 1 split for first version
         let nats_split = NatsSplit {
             subject: self.subject.clone(),