diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/container/inc/dndInt.h b/source/dnode/mgmt/container/inc/dndInt.h
index a2cd9261591c3aa88ee93b8809df20bae41622d6..e219a82764a446f3c70ce5e635da0ebd511cd62b 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/container/inc/dndInt.h
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/container/inc/dndInt.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define dDebug(...) { if (dDebugFlag & DEBUG_DEBUG) { taosPrintLog("DND ", DEBUG_DEBUG, dDebugFlag, __VA_ARGS__); }}
 #define dTrace(...) { if (dDebugFlag & DEBUG_TRACE) { taosPrintLog("DND ", DEBUG_TRACE, dDebugFlag, __VA_ARGS__); }}
 
-typedef enum { VNODES, QNODE, SNODE, MNODE, BNODE, DNODE, NODE_MAX } ENodeType;
+typedef enum { DNODE, VNODES, QNODE, SNODE, MNODE, BNODE, NODE_MAX } ENodeType;
 typedef enum { PROC_SINGLE, PROC_CHILD, PROC_PARENT } EProcType;
 typedef enum { DND_STAT_INIT, DND_STAT_RUNNING, DND_STAT_STOPPED } EDndStatus;
 typedef enum { DND_WORKER_SINGLE, DND_WORKER_MULTI } EWorkerType;
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndNode.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndNode.c
index a64cb4f2b8dbc0bb348545abb58c4320dc9dcdcb..8a807b538d5f7bf3da8792d00c74d52c6479352e 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndNode.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndNode.c
@@ -121,14 +121,6 @@ SDnode *dndCreate(SDndCfg *pCfg) {
     }
 
     pWrapper->procType = PROC_SINGLE;
-    pWrapper->required = dndRequireNode(pWrapper);
-    if (pWrapper->required) {
-      if (taosMkDir(pWrapper->path) != 0) {
-        terrno = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
-        dError("failed to create dir:%s since %s", pWrapper->path, terrstr());
-        goto _OVER;
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   code = 0;
@@ -172,8 +164,15 @@ static int32_t dndRunInSingleProcess(SDnode *pDnode) {
 
   for (ENodeType n = 0; n < NODE_MAX; ++n) {
     SMgmtWrapper *pWrapper = &pDnode->wrappers[n];
+    pWrapper->required = dndRequireNode(pWrapper);
     if (!pWrapper->required) continue;
 
+    if (taosMkDir(pWrapper->path) != 0) {
+      terrno = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
+      dError("failed to create dir:%s since %s", pWrapper->path, terrstr());
+      return -1;
+    }
+
     dInfo("node:%s, will start in single process", pWrapper->name);
     pWrapper->procType = PROC_SINGLE;
     if (dndOpenNode(pWrapper) != 0) {
@@ -182,6 +181,12 @@ static int32_t dndRunInSingleProcess(SDnode *pDnode) {
     }
   }
 
+  SMgmtWrapper *pWrapper = dndGetWrapper(pDnode, DNODE);
+  if (dmStartWorker(pWrapper->pMgmt) != 0) {
+    dError("failed to start dnode worker since %s", terrstr());
+    return -1;
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -250,8 +255,15 @@ static int32_t dndRunInMultiProcess(SDnode *pDnode) {
 
   for (ENodeType n = 0; n < NODE_MAX; ++n) {
     SMgmtWrapper *pWrapper = &pDnode->wrappers[n];
+    pWrapper->required = dndRequireNode(pWrapper);
     if (!pWrapper->required) continue;
 
+    if (taosMkDir(pWrapper->path) != 0) {
+      terrno = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
+      dError("failed to create dir:%s since %s", pWrapper->path, terrstr());
+      return -1;
+    }
+
     if (n == DNODE) {
       dInfo("node:%s, will start in parent process", pWrapper->name);
       pWrapper->procType = PROC_SINGLE;
@@ -306,6 +318,12 @@ static int32_t dndRunInMultiProcess(SDnode *pDnode) {
     }
   }
 
+  SMgmtWrapper *pWrapper = dndGetWrapper(pDnode, DNODE);
+  if (pWrapper->procType == PROC_PARENT && dmStartWorker(pWrapper->pMgmt) != 0) {
+    dError("failed to start dnode worker since %s", terrstr());
+    return -1;
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -322,6 +340,9 @@ int32_t dndRun(SDnode *pDnode) {
     }
   }
 
+  dndSetStatus(pDnode, DND_STAT_RUNNING);
+  dndReportStartup(pDnode, "TDengine", "initialized successfully");
+
   while (1) {
     if (pDnode->event == DND_EVENT_STOP) {
       dInfo("dnode is about to stop");
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndWorker.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndWorker.c
index ddef79e65909a0870aeff92a1c1e7fa377e79b05..2c89c2a20a858bba40cd132b86f99aac5350dab8 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndWorker.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/container/src/dndWorker.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ int32_t dndInitWorker(void *param, SDnodeWorker *pWorker, EWorkerType type, cons
 }
 
 void dndCleanupWorker(SDnodeWorker *pWorker) {
+  if (pWorker->queue == NULL) return;
+
   while (!taosQueueEmpty(pWorker->queue)) {
     taosMsleep(10);
   }
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/inc/dmInt.h b/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/inc/dmInt.h
index 466c1248662cb304fb221f8f302411fa039c002e..78ac2786824614f41ace71441df4f5fb9834f5d2 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/inc/dmInt.h
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/inc/dmInt.h
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ void    dmUpdateMnodeEpSet(SDnode *pDnode, SEpSet *pEpSet);
 void    dmGetDnodeEp(SDnode *pDnode, int32_t dnodeId, char *pEp, char *pFqdn, uint16_t *pPort);
 void    dmSendRedirectRsp(SDnode *pDnode, SRpcMsg *pMsg);
 
+// dmWorker.h
+int32_t dmStartWorker(SDnodeMgmt *pMgmt);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/src/dmInt.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/src/dmInt.c
index 23251a2ff22d1cd8a279c9a1c5b1348b53ac14f1..4486d8a19d5fa3ac2c0c1ed35316bd300811f994 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/src/dmInt.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/dnode/src/dmInt.c
@@ -136,17 +136,8 @@ int32_t dmInit(SMgmtWrapper *pWrapper) {
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if (dmStartWorker(pMgmt) != 0) {
-    dError("failed to start dnode worker since %s", terrstr());
-    return -1;
-  }
-
   pWrapper->pMgmt = pMgmt;
   dInfo("dnode-mgmt is initialized");
-
-  dndSetStatus(pDnode, DND_STAT_RUNNING);
-  dmSendStatusReq(pMgmt);
-  dndReportStartup(pDnode, "TDengine", "initialized successfully");
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mnode/src/mmInt.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/mnode/src/mmInt.c
index 6cd5f2c76e53850422efa7822dac03b59d5ec242..04c91b1934de00d129597860a3025429d1040601 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mnode/src/mmInt.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mnode/src/mmInt.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static void mmCleanup(SMgmtWrapper *pWrapper) {
   SMnodeMgmt *pMgmt = pWrapper->pMgmt;
   if (pMgmt == NULL) return;
 
-  dInfo("mnode-mgmt start to clean up");
+  dInfo("mnode-mgmt start to cleanup");
   if (pMgmt->pMnode) {
     mmStopWorker(pMgmt);
     mndClose(pMgmt->pMnode);
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int32_t mmInit(SMgmtWrapper *pWrapper) {
   int32_t     code = -1;
   SMnodeOpt   option = {0};
 
-  dInfo("mnode-mgmt is initialized");
+  dInfo("mnode-mgmt start to init");
   pMgmt->path = pWrapper->path;
   pMgmt->pDnode = pWrapper->pDnode;
   pMgmt->pWrapper = pWrapper;