diff --git a/packaging/cfg/taos.cfg b/packaging/cfg/taos.cfg
index 7d77a0b23e70782f1a8a0160812820c91640f9dc..1918a4c46964aaa7b13204d0fec7a9ec27bc64f9 100644
--- a/packaging/cfg/taos.cfg
+++ b/packaging/cfg/taos.cfg
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ keepColumnName            1
 # telemetryReporting        1
 
 # enable/disable load balancing
-# balance                   1
+# balance                   0
 
 # role for dnode. 0 - any, 1 - mnode, 2 - dnode
 # role                      0
diff --git a/src/common/src/tglobal.c b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
index 616c5fba890a03a2f59a6bee6ae7d2f79ee52760..cc0e6b0e973953c3ecdc437725a4e0f59170deac 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ bool    tsdbForceCompactFile = false;                    // compact TSDB fileset
 int32_t tsdbWalFlushSize = TSDB_DEFAULT_WAL_FLUSH_SIZE;  // MB
 
 // balance
-int8_t  tsEnableBalance = 1;
+int8_t  tsEnableBalance = 0;
 int8_t  tsAlternativeRole = 0;
 int32_t tsBalanceInterval = 300;          // seconds
 int32_t tsOfflineInterval = 3;            // seconds