diff --git a/pkg/addon/addon_test.go b/pkg/addon/addon_test.go
index d208eaf62..a76a77cf7 100644
--- a/pkg/addon/addon_test.go
+++ b/pkg/addon/addon_test.go
@@ -537,3 +537,8 @@ func TestGetPatternFromItem(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, res, tc.meetPattern, tc.caseName)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGitLabReaderNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := NewAsyncReader("https://gitlab.com/test/catalog", "", "addons", "", gitType)
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "git type repository only support github for now")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/addon/source.go b/pkg/addon/source.go
index 9c84ab0cb..e386e16ba 100644
--- a/pkg/addon/source.go
+++ b/pkg/addon/source.go
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ func NewAsyncReader(baseURL, bucket, subPath, token string, rdType ReaderType) (
 			return nil, errors.New("addon registry invalid")
 		}
 		u.Path = path.Join(u.Path, subPath)
-		tp, content, err := utils.Parse(u.String())
-		if err != nil || tp != utils.TypeGithub {
+		_, content, err := utils.Parse(u.String())
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		gith := createGitHelper(content, token)
diff --git a/pkg/utils/parse.go b/pkg/utils/parse.go
index 7cbe3061f..a89f1ce7a 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/parse.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ func Parse(addr string) (string, *Content, error) {
 				},
 				nil
 		default:
+			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("git type repository only support github for now")
 		}
 	case "oss":
 		return TypeOss, &Content{