diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/alter/SchemaChangeJobV2.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/alter/SchemaChangeJobV2.java
index a624dc3c733374..54bcc35262760c 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/alter/SchemaChangeJobV2.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/alter/SchemaChangeJobV2.java
@@ -663,21 +663,21 @@ protected void runRunningJob() throws AlterCancelException {
             commitShadowIndex();
             // all partitions are good
             onFinished(tbl);
-        } finally {
-            tbl.writeUnlock();
-        }
-
-        pruneMeta();
-
-        LOG.info("schema change job finished: {}", jobId);
+            pruneMeta();
 
-        changeTableState(dbId, tableId, OlapTableState.NORMAL);
-        LOG.info("set table's state to NORMAL, table id: {}, job id: {}", tableId, jobId);
+            LOG.info("schema change job finished: {}", jobId);
 
-        this.jobState = JobState.FINISHED;
-        this.finishedTimeMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        Env.getCurrentEnv().getEditLog().logAlterJob(this);
+            changeTableState(dbId, tableId, OlapTableState.NORMAL);
+            LOG.info("set table's state to NORMAL, table id: {}, job id: {}", tableId, jobId);
 
+            this.jobState = JobState.FINISHED;
+            this.finishedTimeMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            // Write edit log with table's write lock held, to avoid adding partitions before writing edit log,
+            // else it will try to transform index in newly added partition while replaying and result in failure.
+            Env.getCurrentEnv().getEditLog().logAlterJob(this);
+        } finally {
+            tbl.writeUnlock();
+        }
         postProcessOriginIndex();
         // Drop table column stats after schema change finished.
         Env.getCurrentEnv().getAnalysisManager().dropStats(tbl, null);