diff --git a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
index 7723b6221b1ad769ae5b1a4b4571a5506ba23e12..af63b10bc55cac9db50f034f98fb8e54428e7550 100644
--- a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
+++ b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@
 #include "dnodeShell.h"
 #include "dnodeTelemetry.h"
 #include "module.h"
-#include "qScript.h"
 #include "mnode.h"
+#include "qScript.h"
+#include "tcache.h"
 
 #if !defined(_MODULE) || !defined(_TD_LINUX)
 int32_t moduleStart() { return 0; }
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ void dnodeCleanUpSystem() {
     dnodeCleanupComponents();
     taos_cleanup();
     taosCloseLog();
+    taosStopCacheRefreshWorker();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/inc/tcache.h b/src/util/inc/tcache.h
index d381b8b1990f30e2f2067ff68be3039d20406c63..e41b544d00e55f7eece904c5957ef9c06063e6c3 100644
--- a/src/util/inc/tcache.h
+++ b/src/util/inc/tcache.h
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ void taosCacheCleanup(SCacheObj *pCacheObj);
  */
 void taosCacheRefresh(SCacheObj *pCacheObj, __cache_free_fn_t fp);
 
+/**
+ * stop background refresh worker thread
+ */
+void taosStopCacheRefreshWorker();
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/util/src/tcache.c b/src/util/src/tcache.c
index fba62fc0675aa89201806017f6ec78210576ba3f..4aa5b4378f79eaac7c31465cb90880c282670bcc 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tcache.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tcache.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static pthread_t cacheRefreshWorker   = {0};
 static pthread_once_t cacheThreadInit = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 static pthread_mutex_t guard          = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static SArray* pCacheArrayList        = NULL;
+static bool    stopRefreshWorker      = false;
 
 static void doInitRefreshThread(void) {
   pCacheArrayList = taosArrayInit(4, POINTER_BYTES);
@@ -685,6 +686,9 @@ void* taosCacheTimedRefresh(void *handle) {
 
   while(1) {
     taosMsleep(SLEEP_DURATION);
+    if (stopRefreshWorker) {
+      goto _end;
+    }
 
     pthread_mutex_lock(&guard);
     size_t size = taosArrayGetSize(pCacheArrayList);
@@ -708,13 +712,10 @@ void* taosCacheTimedRefresh(void *handle) {
         size = taosArrayGetSize(pCacheArrayList);
 
         uDebug("%s is destroying, remove it from refresh list, remain cache obj:%"PRIzu, pCacheObj->name, size);
-        pCacheObj->deleting = 0;  //reset the deleting flag to enable pCacheObj does self destroy process
+        pCacheObj->deleting = 0;  //reset the deleting flag to enable pCacheObj to continue releasing resources.
 
-        // all contained caches has been marked to be removed, destroy the scanner it self.
-        if (size == 0) {
-          pthread_mutex_unlock(&guard);
-          goto _end;
-        }
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&guard);
+        continue;
       }
 
       pthread_mutex_unlock(&guard);
@@ -759,3 +760,7 @@ void taosCacheRefresh(SCacheObj *pCacheObj, __cache_free_fn_t fp) {
   int64_t now = taosGetTimestampMs();
   doCacheRefresh(pCacheObj, now, fp);
 }
+
+void taosStopCacheRefreshWorker() {
+  stopRefreshWorker = false;
+}
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