diff --git a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMClient.c b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMClient.c
index d1e27a3ef17b7c57dd922e50773f9cee902dc371..5630872318a83ee4b59159af12e18fc7d7a49281 100644
--- a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMClient.c
+++ b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMClient.c
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ static void dnodeProcessStatusRsp(SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
 }
 
 void dnodeSendMsgToMnode(SRpcMsg *rpcMsg) {
-  rpcSendRequest(tsDnodeMClientRpc, &tsDnodeMnodeIpList, rpcMsg);
+  if (tsDnodeMClientRpc) {
+    rpcSendRequest(tsDnodeMClientRpc, &tsDnodeMnodeIpList, rpcMsg);
+  }
 }
 
 static bool dnodeReadMnodeIpList() {
diff --git a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
index 3dde3f8d5073d601b7d744e1ccb9fe91824c21c1..ee2143ff6d1d8c2ba2dddcb173506a27f4603530 100644
--- a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
+++ b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ static void dnodeCleanUpSystem() {
     tclearModuleStatus(TSDB_MOD_MGMT);
     dnodeSetRunStatus(TSDB_DNODE_RUN_STATUS_STOPPED);
     dnodeCleanupShell();
-    dnodeCleanupMClient();
     dnodeCleanupMnode();
     dnodeCleanupMgmt();
+    dnodeCleanupMClient();
     dnodeCleanupWrite();
     dnodeCleanupRead();
     dnodeCleanUpModules();
diff --git a/src/mnode/inc/mgmtDnode.h b/src/mnode/inc/mgmtDnode.h
index ffb1ca785c5692daefd77cab4efb8ab16b8015ac..30b121c54b493a0921775ae91c1f322b629b2e7b 100644
--- a/src/mnode/inc/mgmtDnode.h
+++ b/src/mnode/inc/mgmtDnode.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern "C" {
 int32_t mgmtInitDnodes();
 void    mgmtCleanUpDnodes();
 int32_t mgmtGetDnodesNum();
+void *  mgmtGetNextDnode(void *pNode, SDnodeObj **pDnode);
 SDnodeObj* mgmtGetDnode(int32_t dnodeId);
 SDnodeObj* mgmtGetDnodeByIp(uint32_t ip);
 
diff --git a/src/mnode/src/mgmtBalance.c b/src/mnode/src/mgmtBalance.c
index cb4857fa2c9bf424c8989fd6aa79f44d88d5dff7..7d06329a465a825c412c617660375842ed541494 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mgmtBalance.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mgmtBalance.c
@@ -18,47 +18,37 @@
 #include "mgmtBalance.h"
 #include "mgmtDnode.h"
 
-int32_t (*mgmtInitBalanceFp)() = NULL;
-void    (*mgmtCleanupBalanceFp)() = NULL;
-void    (*mgmtStartBalanceTimerFp)(int32_t afterMs) = NULL;
-int32_t (*mgmtAllocVnodesFp)(SVgObj *pVgroup) = NULL;
-
-int32_t mgmtInitBalance() {
-  if (mgmtInitBalanceFp) {
-    return (*mgmtInitBalanceFp)();
-  } else {
-    return 0;
-  }
-}
-
-void mgmtCleanupBalance() {
-  if (mgmtCleanupBalanceFp) {
-    (*mgmtCleanupBalanceFp)();
-  }
-}
-
-void mgmtStartBalanceTimer(int32_t afterMs) {
-  if (mgmtStartBalanceTimerFp) {
-    (*mgmtStartBalanceTimerFp)(afterMs);
-  }
-}
+int32_t mgmtInitBalance() { return 0; }
+void    mgmtCleanupBalance() {}
+void    mgmtStartBalanceTimer(int32_t afterMs) {}
 
 int32_t mgmtAllocVnodes(SVgObj *pVgroup) {
-  if (mgmtAllocVnodesFp) {
-    return (*mgmtAllocVnodesFp)(pVgroup);
+  void *     pNode = NULL;
+  SDnodeObj *pDnode = NULL;
+  SDnodeObj *pSelDnode = NULL;
+  float      vnodeUsage = 1.0;
+
+  while (1) {
+    pNode = mgmtGetNextDnode(pNode, &pDnode);
+    if (pDnode == NULL) break;
+    if (pDnode->numOfTotalVnodes <= 0) continue;
+    if (pDnode->openVnodes == pDnode->numOfTotalVnodes) continue;
+
+    float usage = (float)pDnode->openVnodes / pDnode->numOfTotalVnodes;
+    if (usage <= vnodeUsage) {
+      pSelDnode = pDnode;
+      vnodeUsage = usage;
+    }
   }
 
-  SDnodeObj *pDnode = mgmtGetDnode(1);
-  if (pDnode == NULL) return TSDB_CODE_OTHERS;
-
-  if (pDnode->openVnodes < pDnode->numOfTotalVnodes) {
-    pVgroup->vnodeGid[0].dnodeId   = pDnode->dnodeId;
-    pVgroup->vnodeGid[0].privateIp = pDnode->privateIp;
-    pVgroup->vnodeGid[0].publicIp  = pDnode->publicIp;
-    mTrace("dnode:%d, alloc one vnode to vgroup", pDnode->dnodeId);
-    return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
-  } else {
-    mError("dnode:%d, failed to alloc vnode to vgroup", pDnode->dnodeId);
+  if (pSelDnode == NULL) {
+    mError("failed to alloc vnode to vgroup", pDnode->dnodeId);
     return TSDB_CODE_NO_ENOUGH_DNODES;
   }
+
+  pVgroup->vnodeGid[0].dnodeId = pSelDnode->dnodeId;
+  pVgroup->vnodeGid[0].privateIp = pSelDnode->privateIp;
+  pVgroup->vnodeGid[0].publicIp = pSelDnode->publicIp;
+  mTrace("dnode:%d, alloc one vnode to vgroup", pSelDnode->dnodeId);
+  return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/mnode/src/mgmtDnode.c b/src/mnode/src/mgmtDnode.c
index 0cabaa813544f72ef990b02c097db4b27d1988c3..d7e2270107a79b061b32161aee3556da9f031d72 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mgmtDnode.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mgmtDnode.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static void    mgmtProcessDnodeStatusMsg(SRpcMsg *rpcMsg);
 extern int32_t clusterInit();
 extern void    clusterCleanUp();
 extern int32_t clusterGetDnodesNum();
+extern void *  clusterGetNextDnode(void *pNode, SDnodeObj **pDnode);
 extern SDnodeObj* clusterGetDnode(int32_t dnodeId);
 extern SDnodeObj* clusterGetDnodeByIp(uint32_t ip);
 static SDnodeObj  tsDnodeObj = {0};
@@ -98,6 +99,19 @@ int32_t mgmtGetDnodesNum() {
 #endif
 }
 
+void *  mgmtGetNextDnode(void *pNode, SDnodeObj **pDnode) {
+#ifdef _CLUSTER
+  return (*clusterGetNextDnode)(pNode, pDnode);
+#else
+  if (*pDnode == NULL) {
+    *pDnode = &tsDnodeObj;
+  } else {
+    *pDnode = NULL;
+  }
+  return *pDnode;
+#endif
+}
+
 void mgmtProcessCfgDnodeMsg(SQueuedMsg *pMsg) {
   SRpcMsg rpcRsp = {.handle = pMsg->thandle, .pCont = NULL, .contLen = 0, .code = 0, .msgType = 0};
   if (mgmtCheckRedirect(pMsg->thandle)) return;