diff --git a/samples/webclient_shard_download_sample.c b/samples/webclient_shard_download_sample.c
index 5a6d2e2..d60c283 100644
--- a/samples/webclient_shard_download_sample.c
+++ b/samples/webclient_shard_download_sample.c
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ int webclient_shard_download_test(int argc, char **argv)
     struct webclient_session* session = RT_NULL;
     rt_err_t result = RT_EOK;
     char *uri = RT_NULL;
-    int length, size = 0;
+    int length = 0;
     int usage_flag = 0;
+    int size = 200;
 
 
     if (argc == 1)
diff --git a/src/webclient.c b/src/webclient.c
index dac2bca..df4716e 100644
--- a/src/webclient.c
+++ b/src/webclient.c
@@ -1050,6 +1050,7 @@ int webclient_shard_position_function(struct webclient_session *session, const c
 
     RT_ASSERT(session);
     RT_ASSERT(URI);
+    RT_ASSERT(mem_size);
 
     /* set the offset of "Range" and "total_len"  */
     end_position = start;