diff --git a/src/balance/src/bnMain.c b/src/balance/src/bnMain.c
index 383f98191313d3a40f0899787c0f421f2d741cef..d80488fe9fa35df7af217b26cb93c85f9b11192a 100644
--- a/src/balance/src/bnMain.c
+++ b/src/balance/src/bnMain.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 #include "os.h"
+#include "tref.h"
 #include "tsync.h"
 #include "tglobal.h"
 #include "dnode.h"
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@
 #include "mnodeUser.h"
 #include "mnodeVgroup.h"
 
-static SBnMgmt tsBnMgmt;;
+extern int64_t tsDnodeRid;
+extern int64_t tsSdbRid;
+static SBnMgmt tsBnMgmt;
 static void  bnMonitorDnodeModule();
 
 static void bnLock() {
@@ -529,6 +532,9 @@ void bnCheckStatus() {
   void *     pIter = NULL;
   SDnodeObj *pDnode = NULL;
 
+  void *dnodeSdb = taosAcquireRef(tsSdbRid, tsDnodeRid);
+  if (dnodeSdb == NULL) return;
+
   while (1) {
     pIter = mnodeGetNextDnode(pIter, &pDnode);
     if (pDnode == NULL) break;
@@ -543,6 +549,8 @@ void bnCheckStatus() {
     }
     mnodeDecDnodeRef(pDnode);
   }
+
+  taosReleaseRef(tsSdbRid, tsDnodeRid);
 }
 
 void bnCheckModules() {
diff --git a/src/util/src/tqueue.c b/src/util/src/tqueue.c
index c15ae729ed06bc21a1f08faa26e23b4b96145d96..d72bc5f4121ec0cd71c1c1dad5d9db5421c66a37 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tqueue.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tqueue.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ int taosReadQitemFromQset(taos_qset param, int *type, void **pitem, void **phand
         queue->numOfItems--;
         atomic_sub_fetch_32(&qset->numOfItems, 1);
         code = 1;
-        uTrace("item:%p is read out from queue:%p, type:%d items:%d", *pitem, queue, *type, queue->numOfItems);
+        uTrace("item:%p is read out from queue:%p, type:%d items:%d", *pitem, queue, pNode->type, queue->numOfItems);
     } 
 
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&queue->mutex);
diff --git a/src/vnode/inc/vnodeMain.h b/src/vnode/inc/vnodeMain.h
index 058b6bd09065b539a44c305374886c6d81d822b1..e1ddcdc36aa1fbf434b138f8d6fef5966e1fbc3e 100644
--- a/src/vnode/inc/vnodeMain.h
+++ b/src/vnode/inc/vnodeMain.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ int32_t vnodeAlter(void *pVnode, SCreateVnodeMsg *pVnodeCfg);
 int32_t vnodeClose(int32_t vgId);
 
 int32_t vnodeReset(SVnodeObj *pVnode);
+void    vnodeCleanUp(SVnodeObj *pVnode);
 void    vnodeDestroy(SVnodeObj *pVnode);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/vnode/inc/vnodeWorker.h b/src/vnode/inc/vnodeWorker.h
index abb0aa80ab6da4be202730f70050ece9ebee1178..01d9d42900ef7e0c56bd396f5c698a43c4b501f8 100644
--- a/src/vnode/inc/vnodeWorker.h
+++ b/src/vnode/inc/vnodeWorker.h
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 int32_t vnodeInitMWorker();
 void    vnodeCleanupMWorker();
-int32_t vnodeOpenInMWorker(int32_t vgId, void *rpcHandle);
-int32_t vnodeCleanupInMWorker(int32_t vgId, void *rpcHandle);
+int32_t vnodeCleanupInMWorker(SVnodeObj *pVnode);
+int32_t vnodeDestroyInMWorker(SVnodeObj *pVnode);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c
index b37a0b568e3c2a68596deea2b551e2dc78de8c2a..e286a972dc97f94613614fdefea273cae7459f26 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 #include "vnodeSync.h"
 #include "vnodeVersion.h"
 #include "vnodeMgmt.h"
+#include "vnodeWorker.h"
+#include "vnodeMain.h"
 
-static void    vnodeCleanUp(SVnodeObj *pVnode);
 static int32_t vnodeProcessTsdbStatus(void *arg, int32_t status, int32_t eno);
 
 int32_t vnodeCreate(SCreateVnodeMsg *pVnodeCfg) {
@@ -110,8 +111,10 @@ int32_t vnodeDrop(int32_t vgId) {
   vInfo("vgId:%d, vnode will be dropped, refCount:%d pVnode:%p", pVnode->vgId, pVnode->refCount, pVnode);
   pVnode->dropped = 1;
 
+  // remove from hash, so new messages wont be consumed
+  vnodeRemoveFromHash(pVnode);
   vnodeRelease(pVnode);
-  vnodeCleanUp(pVnode);
+  vnodeCleanupInMWorker(pVnode);
 
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@ int32_t vnodeOpen(int32_t vgId) {
   if (pVnode->sync <= 0) {
     vError("vgId:%d, failed to open sync, replica:%d reason:%s", pVnode->vgId, pVnode->syncCfg.replica,
            tstrerror(terrno));
+    vnodeRemoveFromHash(pVnode);
     vnodeCleanUp(pVnode);
     return terrno;
   }
@@ -322,6 +326,7 @@ int32_t vnodeClose(int32_t vgId) {
   if (pVnode == NULL) return 0;
 
   vDebug("vgId:%d, vnode will be closed, pVnode:%p", pVnode->vgId, pVnode);
+  vnodeRemoveFromHash(pVnode);
   vnodeRelease(pVnode);
   vnodeCleanUp(pVnode);
 
@@ -398,11 +403,7 @@ void vnodeDestroy(SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
   tsdbDecCommitRef(vgId);
 }
 
-
-static void vnodeCleanUp(SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
-  // remove from hash, so new messages wont be consumed
-  vnodeRemoveFromHash(pVnode);
-
+void vnodeCleanUp(SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
   if (!vnodeInInitStatus(pVnode)) {
     // it may be in updateing or reset state, then it shall wait
     int32_t i = 0;
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeMgmt.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeMgmt.c
index 631ec13ee8e0f1569bbedd0ee6647a74efca5c88..cf42690d7d0208f50b781e20a4c7c8885f8c5fba 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeMgmt.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeMgmt.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void vnodeRelease(void *vparam) {
     }
   } else {
     vDebug("vgId:%d, vnode will be destroyed, refCount:%d pVnode:%p", pVnode->vgId, refCount, pVnode);
-    vnodeDestroy(pVnode);
+    vnodeDestroyInMWorker(pVnode);
     int32_t count = taosHashGetSize(tsVnodesHash);
     vDebug("vgId:%d, vnode is destroyed, vnodes:%d", pVnode->vgId, count);
   }
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeWorker.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeWorker.c
index 4608d5e1267000781cafe3b63f3018bc448e7a5f..d6053cf18e2569a197c4bdf96ff6394ede716e42 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeWorker.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeWorker.c
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 #include "tqueue.h"
 #include "tglobal.h"
 #include "vnodeWorker.h"
+#include "vnodeMain.h"
 
 typedef enum {
-  VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_CREATE,
-  VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_DELETE
+  VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_CLEANUP,
+  VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_DESTROUY
 } EVMWorkerAction;
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -132,14 +133,11 @@ void vnodeCleanupMWorker() {
   vnodeStopMWorker();
 }
 
-static int32_t vnodeWriteIntoMWorker(int32_t vgId, EVMWorkerAction action,void *rpcHandle) {
+static int32_t vnodeWriteIntoMWorker(SVnodeObj *pVnode, EVMWorkerAction action, void *rpcHandle) {
   SVMWorkerMsg *pMsg = taosAllocateQitem(sizeof(SVMWorkerMsg));
   if (pMsg == NULL) return TSDB_CODE_VND_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
 
-  SVnodeObj *pVnode = vnodeAcquire(vgId);
-  if (pVnode == NULL) return TSDB_CODE_VND_INVALID_VGROUP_ID;
-
-  pMsg->vgId = vgId;
+  pMsg->vgId = pVnode->vgId;
   pMsg->pVnode = pVnode;
   pMsg->rpcHandle = rpcHandle;
   pMsg->action = action;
@@ -150,29 +148,27 @@ static int32_t vnodeWriteIntoMWorker(int32_t vgId, EVMWorkerAction action,void *
   return code;
 }
 
-int32_t vnodeOpenInMWorker(int32_t vgId, void *rpcHandle) {
-  vTrace("vgId:%d, will open in vmworker", vgId);
-  return vnodeWriteIntoMWorker(vgId, VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_CREATE, rpcHandle);
+int32_t vnodeCleanupInMWorker(SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
+  vTrace("vgId:%d, will cleanup in vmworker", pVnode->vgId);
+  return vnodeWriteIntoMWorker(pVnode, VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_CLEANUP, NULL);
 }
 
-int32_t vnodeCleanupInMWorker(int32_t vgId, void *rpcHandle) {
-  vTrace("vgId:%d, will cleanup in vmworker", vgId);
-  return vnodeWriteIntoMWorker(vgId, VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_DELETE, rpcHandle);
+int32_t vnodeDestroyInMWorker(SVnodeObj *pVnode) {
+  vTrace("vgId:%d, will destroy in vmworker", pVnode->vgId);
+  return vnodeWriteIntoMWorker(pVnode, VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_DESTROUY, NULL);
 }
 
 static void vnodeFreeMWorkerMsg(SVMWorkerMsg *pMsg) {
   vTrace("vgId:%d, disposed in vmworker", pMsg->vgId);
-  vnodeRelease(pMsg->pVnode);
   taosFreeQitem(pMsg);
 }
 
 static void vnodeSendVMWorkerRpcRsp(SVMWorkerMsg *pMsg) {
-  SRpcMsg rpcRsp = {
-    .handle = pMsg->rpcHandle,
-    .code = pMsg->code,
-  };
+  if (pMsg->rpcHandle != NULL) {
+    SRpcMsg rpcRsp = {.handle = pMsg->rpcHandle, .code = pMsg->code};
+    rpcSendResponse(&rpcRsp);
+  }
 
-  rpcSendResponse(&rpcRsp);
   vnodeFreeMWorkerMsg(pMsg);
 }
 
@@ -180,11 +176,11 @@ static void vnodeProcessMWorkerMsg(SVMWorkerMsg *pMsg) {
   pMsg->code = 0;
 
   switch (pMsg->action) {
-    case VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_CREATE:
-      pMsg->code = vnodeOpen(pMsg->vgId);
+    case VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_CLEANUP:
+      vnodeCleanUp(pMsg->pVnode);
       break;
-    case VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_DELETE:
-      pMsg->code = vnodeDrop(pMsg->vgId);
+    case VNODE_WORKER_ACTION_DESTROUY:
+      vnodeDestroy(pMsg->pVnode);
       break;
     default:
       break;