diff --git a/source/util/src/tworker.c b/source/util/src/tworker.c
index bb9d1e44af784c661a13d5f483b257b242b2a15c..a9a84c186033f8b9574f3ef3f22fed10e6794207 100644
--- a/source/util/src/tworker.c
+++ b/source/util/src/tworker.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void tQWorkerFreeQueue(SQWorkerPool *pool, STaosQueue *queue) {
 
 int32_t tAutoQWorkerInit(SAutoQWorkerPool *pool) {
   pool->qset = taosOpenQset();
-  pool->workers = taosArrayInit(2, sizeof(SQWorker));
+  pool->workers = taosArrayInit(2, sizeof(SQWorker *));
   if (pool->workers == NULL) {
     terrno = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
     return -1;
@@ -153,20 +153,21 @@ int32_t tAutoQWorkerInit(SAutoQWorkerPool *pool) {
 void tAutoQWorkerCleanup(SAutoQWorkerPool *pool) {
   int32_t size = taosArrayGetSize(pool->workers);
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-    SQWorker *worker = taosArrayGet(pool->workers, i);
+    SQWorker *worker = taosArrayGetP(pool->workers, i);
     if (taosCheckPthreadValid(worker->thread)) {
       taosQsetThreadResume(pool->qset);
     }
   }
 
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-    SQWorker *worker = taosArrayGet(pool->workers, i);
+    SQWorker *worker = taosArrayGetP(pool->workers, i);
     if (taosCheckPthreadValid(worker->thread)) {
       uInfo("worker:%s:%d is stopping", pool->name, worker->id);
       taosThreadJoin(worker->thread, NULL);
       taosThreadClear(&worker->thread);
       uInfo("worker:%s:%d is stopped", pool->name, worker->id);
     }
+    taosMemoryFree(worker);
   }
 
   taosArrayDestroy(pool->workers);
@@ -218,27 +219,28 @@ STaosQueue *tAutoQWorkerAllocQueue(SAutoQWorkerPool *pool, void *ahandle, FItem
   int32_t curWorkerNum = taosArrayGetSize(pool->workers);
   int32_t dstWorkerNum = ceil(queueNum * pool->ratio);
   if (dstWorkerNum < 1) dstWorkerNum = 1;
-  // spawn a thread to process queue
 
+  // spawn a thread to process queue
   while (curWorkerNum < dstWorkerNum) {
-    SQWorker wobj = {
-        .id = (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pool->workers),
-        .pool = pool,
-    };
-    SQWorker *worker = taosArrayPush(pool->workers, &wobj);
-    if (worker == NULL) {
-      uError("worker:%s:%d failed to create, total:%d", pool->name, wobj.id, (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pool->workers));
+    SQWorker *worker = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SQWorker));
+    if (worker == NULL || taosArrayPush(pool->workers, &worker) == NULL) {
+      uError("worker:%s:%d failed to create", pool->name, curWorkerNum);
+      taosMemoryFree(worker);
       taosCloseQueue(queue);
       terrno = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       return NULL;
     }
+    worker->id = curWorkerNum;
+    worker->pool = pool;
+
     TdThreadAttr thAttr;
     taosThreadAttrInit(&thAttr);
     taosThreadAttrSetDetachState(&thAttr, PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE);
 
     if (taosThreadCreate(&worker->thread, &thAttr, (ThreadFp)tAutoQWorkerThreadFp, worker) != 0) {
-      uError("worker:%s:%d failed to create thread, total:%d", pool->name, wobj.id,
-             (int32_t)taosArrayGetSize(pool->workers));
+      uError("worker:%s:%d failed to create thread, total:%d", pool->name, worker->id, curWorkerNum);
+      (void)taosArrayPop(pool->workers);
+      taosMemoryFree(worker);
       taosCloseQueue(queue);
       terrno = TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
       return NULL;