diff --git a/src/connector/src/source/filesystem/opendal_source/opendal_enumerator.rs b/src/connector/src/source/filesystem/opendal_source/opendal_enumerator.rs
index 864d1de56c7be..cffeb5dfe5f65 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/source/filesystem/opendal_source/opendal_enumerator.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/source/filesystem/opendal_source/opendal_enumerator.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use futures::stream::{self, BoxStream};
@@ -51,14 +52,22 @@ impl<Src: OpendalSource> SplitEnumerator for OpendalEnumerator<Src> {
 
     async fn list_splits(&mut self) -> ConnectorResult<Vec<OpendalFsSplit<Src>>> {
         let empty_split: OpendalFsSplit<Src> = OpendalFsSplit::empty_split();
+        let prefix = self.prefix.as_deref().unwrap_or("/");
 
-        Ok(vec![empty_split])
+        match self.op.list(prefix).await {
+            Ok(_) => return Ok(vec![empty_split]),
+            Err(e) => {
+                return Err(anyhow!(e)
+                    .context("fail to create source, please check your config.")
+                    .into())
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
 impl<Src: OpendalSource> OpendalEnumerator<Src> {
     pub async fn list(&self) -> ConnectorResult<ObjectMetadataIter> {
-        let prefix = self.prefix.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+        let prefix = self.prefix.as_deref().unwrap_or("/");
 
         let object_lister = self
             .op
diff --git a/src/stream/src/executor/source/list_executor.rs b/src/stream/src/executor/source/list_executor.rs
index 25b32c0a0e4b8..c11ba773648ba 100644
--- a/src/stream/src/executor/source/list_executor.rs
+++ b/src/stream/src/executor/source/list_executor.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ impl<S: StateStore> FsListExecutor<S> {
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
             let res: Vec<(Op, OwnedRow)> = rows.into_iter().flatten().collect();
+            if res.is_empty() {
+                tracing::warn!("No items were listed from source.");
+                return Ok(StreamChunk::default());
+            }
             Ok(StreamChunk::from_rows(
                 &res,
                 &[DataType::Varchar, DataType::Timestamptz, DataType::Int64],