diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndProfile.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndProfile.c
index 4b57f45631f02133726d4306539ba66f91928cc3..e55c562e38c207600956cd1eafbb88d744750f7d 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndProfile.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndProfile.c
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ static int32_t mndRetrieveConns(SRpcMsg *pReq, SShowObj *pShow, SSDataBlock *pBl
   int32_t   numOfRows = 0;
   int32_t   cols = 0;
   SConnObj *pConn = NULL;
+  int32_t   keepTime = tsShellActivityTimer * 3;
 
   if (pShow->pIter == NULL) {
     SProfileMgmt *pMgmt = &pMnode->profileMgmt;
@@ -700,6 +701,10 @@ static int32_t mndRetrieveConns(SRpcMsg *pReq, SShowObj *pShow, SSDataBlock *pBl
       break;
     }
 
+    if ((taosGetTimestampMs() - pConn->lastAccessTimeMs) > (keepTime * 1000)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
     cols = 0;
 
     SColumnInfoData *pColInfo = taosArrayGet(pBlock->pDataBlock, cols++);