diff --git a/internal/querycoord/meta.go b/internal/querycoord/meta.go
index c1de1095ab7bb2ff46acaceae7a9cb3d9999e1ca..fa02f7f26c5eeecda28956a5a4eb49e4b73fd1b5 100644
--- a/internal/querycoord/meta.go
+++ b/internal/querycoord/meta.go
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ type Meta interface {
 	getReplicasByCollectionID(collectionID int64) ([]*milvuspb.ReplicaInfo, error)
 	getReplicasByNodeID(nodeID int64) ([]*milvuspb.ReplicaInfo, error)
 	applyReplicaBalancePlan(p *balancePlan) error
+	updateShardLeader(replicaID UniqueID, dmChannel string, leaderID UniqueID, leaderAddr string) error
 }
 
 // MetaReplica records the current load information on all querynodes
@@ -1288,6 +1289,10 @@ func (m *MetaReplica) applyReplicaBalancePlan(p *balancePlan) error {
 	return m.replicas.ApplyBalancePlan(p, m.getKvClient())
 }
 
+func (m *MetaReplica) updateShardLeader(replicaID UniqueID, dmChannel string, leaderID UniqueID, leaderAddr string) error {
+	return m.replicas.UpdateShardLeader(replicaID, dmChannel, leaderID, leaderAddr, m.getKvClient())
+}
+
 //func (m *MetaReplica) printMeta() {
 //	m.RLock()
 //	defer m.RUnlock()
diff --git a/internal/querycoord/replica.go b/internal/querycoord/replica.go
index 3381d800ae7f78859f309e553fe50bfe3b310868..3b4c16af3cccb22939520ae5f0e462ac5fb9350f 100644
--- a/internal/querycoord/replica.go
+++ b/internal/querycoord/replica.go
@@ -179,22 +179,9 @@ func (rep *ReplicaInfos) ApplyBalancePlan(p *balancePlan, kv kv.MetaKv) error {
 	}
 
 	// save to etcd first
-	if len(replicasChanged) > 0 {
-		data := make(map[string]string)
-
-		for _, info := range replicasChanged {
-			infoBytes, err := proto.Marshal(info)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-
-			key := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", ReplicaMetaPrefix, info.ReplicaID)
-			data[key] = string(infoBytes)
-		}
-		err := kv.MultiSave(data)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	err := saveReplica(kv, replicasChanged...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// apply change to in-memory meta
@@ -209,6 +196,33 @@ func (rep *ReplicaInfos) ApplyBalancePlan(p *balancePlan, kv kv.MetaKv) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (rep *ReplicaInfos) UpdateShardLeader(replicaID UniqueID, dmChannel string, leaderID UniqueID, leaderAddr string, meta kv.MetaKv) error {
+	rep.globalGuard.Lock()
+	defer rep.globalGuard.Unlock()
+
+	replica, ok := rep.get(replicaID)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("replica %v not found", replicaID)
+	}
+
+	for _, shard := range replica.ShardReplicas {
+		if shard.DmChannelName == dmChannel {
+			shard.LeaderID = leaderID
+			shard.LeaderAddr = leaderAddr
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	err := saveReplica(meta, replica)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	rep.upsert(replica)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // removeNodeFromReplica helper function to remove nodeID from replica NodeIds list.
 func removeNodeFromReplica(replica *milvuspb.ReplicaInfo, nodeID int64) *milvuspb.ReplicaInfo {
 	for i := 0; i < len(replica.NodeIds); i++ {
@@ -220,3 +234,20 @@ func removeNodeFromReplica(replica *milvuspb.ReplicaInfo, nodeID int64) *milvusp
 	}
 	return replica
 }
+
+// save the replicas into etcd.
+func saveReplica(meta kv.MetaKv, replicas ...*milvuspb.ReplicaInfo) error {
+	data := make(map[string]string)
+
+	for _, info := range replicas {
+		infoBytes, err := proto.Marshal(info)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		key := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", ReplicaMetaPrefix, info.ReplicaID)
+		data[key] = string(infoBytes)
+	}
+
+	return meta.MultiSave(data)
+}
diff --git a/internal/querycoord/task.go b/internal/querycoord/task.go
index 54acc02d6f4f4b8ffa92e94a937bf1b4eb739941..8c9cbc707b87ed13c5c4c350324cde306f53a912 100644
--- a/internal/querycoord/task.go
+++ b/internal/querycoord/task.go
@@ -2405,50 +2405,36 @@ func (lbt *loadBalanceTask) globalPostExecute(ctx context.Context) error {
 		for _, childTask := range lbt.getChildTask() {
 			if task, ok := childTask.(*watchDmChannelTask); ok {
 				wg.Go(func() error {
-					nodeInfo, err := lbt.cluster.getNodeInfoByID(task.NodeID)
+					leaderID := task.NodeID
+					dmChannel := task.Infos[0].ChannelName
+
+					nodeInfo, err := lbt.cluster.getNodeInfoByID(leaderID)
 					if err != nil {
 						log.Error("failed to get node info to update shard leader info",
 							zap.Int64("triggerTaskID", lbt.getTaskID()),
 							zap.Int64("taskID", task.getTaskID()),
-							zap.Int64("nodeID", task.NodeID),
-							zap.String("dmChannel", task.Infos[0].ChannelName),
+							zap.Int64("nodeID", leaderID),
+							zap.String("dmChannel", dmChannel),
 							zap.Error(err))
 						return err
 					}
 
-					replica, err := lbt.meta.getReplicaByID(task.ReplicaID)
+					err = lbt.meta.updateShardLeader(task.ReplicaID, dmChannel, leaderID, nodeInfo.(*queryNode).address)
 					if err != nil {
-						log.Error("failed to get replica to update shard leader info",
+						log.Error("failed to update shard leader info of replica",
 							zap.Int64("triggerTaskID", lbt.getTaskID()),
 							zap.Int64("taskID", task.getTaskID()),
 							zap.Int64("replicaID", task.ReplicaID),
-							zap.String("dmChannel", task.Infos[0].ChannelName),
+							zap.String("dmChannel", dmChannel),
 							zap.Error(err))
 						return err
 					}
 
-					for _, shard := range replica.ShardReplicas {
-						if shard.DmChannelName == task.Infos[0].ChannelName {
-							log.Debug("LoadBalance: update shard leader",
-								zap.Int64("triggerTaskID", lbt.getTaskID()),
-								zap.Int64("taskID", task.getTaskID()),
-								zap.Int64("oldLeader", shard.LeaderID),
-								zap.Int64("newLeader", task.NodeID))
-							shard.LeaderID = task.NodeID
-							shard.LeaderAddr = nodeInfo.(*queryNode).address
-							break
-						}
-					}
-
-					err = lbt.meta.setReplicaInfo(replica)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Error("failed to remove offline nodes from replica info",
-							zap.Int64("triggerTaskID", lbt.getTaskID()),
-							zap.Int64("taskID", task.getTaskID()),
-							zap.Int64("replicaID", replica.ReplicaID),
-							zap.Error(err))
-						return err
-					}
+					log.Debug("LoadBalance: update shard leader",
+						zap.Int64("triggerTaskID", lbt.getTaskID()),
+						zap.Int64("taskID", task.getTaskID()),
+						zap.String("dmChannel", dmChannel),
+						zap.Int64("leader", leaderID))
 
 					return nil
 				})