diff --git a/planner/core/foreign_key.go b/planner/core/foreign_key.go
index b628687869762..651bd5b897e4a 100644
--- a/planner/core/foreign_key.go
+++ b/planner/core/foreign_key.go
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ func (p *Insert) buildOnDuplicateUpdateColumns() map[string]struct{} {
 	return m
 }
 
-func (updt *Update) buildOnUpdateFKChecks(ctx sessionctx.Context, is infoschema.InfoSchema, tblID2table map[int64]table.Table) (map[int64][]*FKCheck, error) {
+func (updt *Update) buildOnUpdateFKChecks(ctx sessionctx.Context, is infoschema.InfoSchema, tblID2table map[int64]table.Table) error {
 	if !ctx.GetSessionVars().ForeignKeyChecks {
-		return nil, nil
+		return nil
 	}
 	tblID2UpdateColumns := updt.buildTbl2UpdateColumns()
 	fkChecks := make(map[int64][]*FKCheck)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (updt *Update) buildOnUpdateFKChecks(ctx sessionctx.Context, is infoschema.
 		dbInfo, exist := is.SchemaByTable(tblInfo)
 		if !exist {
 			// Normally, it should never happen. Just check here to avoid panic here.
-			return nil, infoschema.ErrDatabaseNotExists
+			return infoschema.ErrDatabaseNotExists
 		}
 		updateCols := tblID2UpdateColumns[tid]
 		if len(updateCols) == 0 {
@@ -96,20 +96,21 @@ func (updt *Update) buildOnUpdateFKChecks(ctx sessionctx.Context, is infoschema.
 		}
 		referredFKChecks, err := buildOnUpdateReferredFKChecks(is, dbInfo.Name.L, tblInfo, updateCols)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return err
 		}
 		if len(referredFKChecks) > 0 {
 			fkChecks[tid] = append(fkChecks[tid], referredFKChecks...)
 		}
 		childFKChecks, err := buildOnUpdateChildFKChecks(is, dbInfo.Name.L, tblInfo, updateCols)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return err
 		}
 		if len(childFKChecks) > 0 {
 			fkChecks[tid] = append(fkChecks[tid], childFKChecks...)
 		}
 	}
-	return fkChecks, nil
+	updt.FKChecks = fkChecks
+	return nil
 }
 
 func buildOnUpdateReferredFKChecks(is infoschema.InfoSchema, dbName string, tblInfo *model.TableInfo, updateCols map[string]struct{}) ([]*FKCheck, error) {
diff --git a/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go b/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
index 84bd3c2322f50..4b864a00deb8c 100644
--- a/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
+++ b/planner/core/logical_plan_builder.go
@@ -5381,7 +5381,7 @@ func (b *PlanBuilder) buildUpdate(ctx context.Context, update *ast.UpdateStmt) (
 	}
 	updt.PartitionedTable = b.partitionedTable
 	updt.tblID2Table = tblID2table
-	updt.FKChecks, err = updt.buildOnUpdateFKChecks(b.ctx, b.is, tblID2table)
+	err = updt.buildOnUpdateFKChecks(b.ctx, b.is, tblID2table)
 	return updt, err
 }
 
diff --git a/planner/core/point_get_plan.go b/planner/core/point_get_plan.go
index a5506fa1e660f..e33c16d3923a1 100644
--- a/planner/core/point_get_plan.go
+++ b/planner/core/point_get_plan.go
@@ -1546,11 +1546,10 @@ func buildPointUpdatePlan(ctx sessionctx.Context, pointPlan PhysicalPlan, dbName
 			updatePlan.PartitionedTable = append(updatePlan.PartitionedTable, pt)
 		}
 	}
-	fkChecks, err := updatePlan.buildOnUpdateFKChecks(ctx, is, updatePlan.tblID2Table)
+	err := updatePlan.buildOnUpdateFKChecks(ctx, is, updatePlan.tblID2Table)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	updatePlan.FKChecks = fkChecks
 	return updatePlan
 }