diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndSync.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndSync.c
index d5fcf9b1eb9bbc93ba623b09bbe3b8ff459b6240..b53b3003c18337b2abf892fdbb648366876f00fd 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndSync.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndSync.c
@@ -219,17 +219,12 @@ void mndSyncStart(SMnode *pMnode) {
   SSyncMgmt *pMgmt = &pMnode->syncMgmt;
   syncSetMsgCb(pMgmt->sync, &pMnode->msgCb);
 
-  syncStart(pMgmt->sync);
-
-#if 0
   if (pMgmt->standby) {
     syncStartStandBy(pMgmt->sync);
   } else {
     syncStart(pMgmt->sync);
   }
-#endif
-
-  mDebug("sync:%" PRId64 " is started", pMgmt->sync);
+  mDebug("sync:%" PRId64 " is started, standby:%d", pMgmt->sync, pMgmt->standby);
 }
 
 void mndSyncStop(SMnode *pMnode) {}
diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/mnode/basic1.sim b/tests/script/tsim/mnode/basic1.sim
index 9131237ca6d655eb289e549f1d68cfb37118fbed..e922ebe37605d64d637e63aa176b53af93b06921 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/mnode/basic1.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/mnode/basic1.sim
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@ if $data(2)[4] != ready then
   goto step1
 endi
 
-print =============== create drop mnode 1
 sql_error create mnode on dnode 1
 sql_error drop mnode on dnode 1
+
+print =============== create mnode 2
 sql create mnode on dnode 2
 
 $x = 0
-step1: 
+step2: 
 	$x = $x + 1
 	sleep 1000
 	if $x == 20 then
@@ -65,11 +66,11 @@ if $data(2)[0] != 2 then
   return -1
 endi
 if $data(2)[2] != FOLLOWER then 
-  goto step1
+  goto step2
 endi
 
 sleep 2000
-print ============ drop mnodes
+print ============ drop mnode 2
 sql drop mnode on dnode 2
 sql show mnodes
 if $rows != 1 then