diff --git a/source/libs/function/src/tudf.c b/source/libs/function/src/tudf.c
index dae8c99abae609420af28b7b81e2d9b241f3b564..afacb50d3545a5def9e56f9d669b26fd0ea59f37 100644
--- a/source/libs/function/src/tudf.c
+++ b/source/libs/function/src/tudf.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ void udfcUvHandleError(SClientUvConn *conn);
 void onUdfcPipeRead(uv_stream_t *client, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t *buf);
 void onUdfcPipeWrite(uv_write_t *write, int status);
 void onUdfcPipeConnect(uv_connect_t *connect, int status);
-int32_t udfcCreateUvTask(SClientUdfTask *task, int8_t uvTaskType, SClientUvTaskNode **pUvTask);
+int32_t udfcInitializeUvTask(SClientUdfTask *task, int8_t uvTaskType, SClientUvTaskNode *uvTask);
 int32_t udfcQueueUvTask(SClientUvTaskNode *uvTask);
 int32_t udfcStartUvTask(SClientUvTaskNode *uvTask);
 void udfcAsyncTaskCb(uv_async_t *async);
@@ -1376,8 +1376,7 @@ void onUdfcPipeConnect(uv_connect_t *connect, int status) {
   uv_sem_post(&uvTask->taskSem);
 }
 
-int32_t udfcCreateUvTask(SClientUdfTask *task, int8_t uvTaskType, SClientUvTaskNode **pUvTask) {
-  SClientUvTaskNode *uvTask = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SClientUvTaskNode));
+int32_t udfcInitializeUvTask(SClientUdfTask *task, int8_t uvTaskType, SClientUvTaskNode *uvTask) {
   uvTask->type = uvTaskType;
   uvTask->udfc = task->session->udfc;
 
@@ -1412,7 +1411,6 @@ int32_t udfcCreateUvTask(SClientUdfTask *task, int8_t uvTaskType, SClientUvTaskN
   }
   uv_sem_init(&uvTask->taskSem, 0);
 
-  *pUvTask = uvTask;
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1615,10 +1613,10 @@ int32_t udfcClose() {
 }
 
 int32_t udfcRunUdfUvTask(SClientUdfTask *task, int8_t uvTaskType) {
-  SClientUvTaskNode *uvTask = NULL;
-
-  udfcCreateUvTask(task, uvTaskType, &uvTask);
+  SClientUvTaskNode *uvTask = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SClientUvTaskNode));
   fnDebug("udfc client task: %p created uvTask: %p. pipe: %p", task, uvTask, task->session->udfUvPipe);
+
+  udfcInitializeUvTask(task, uvTaskType, uvTask);
   udfcQueueUvTask(uvTask);
   udfcGetUdfTaskResultFromUvTask(task, uvTask);
   if (uvTaskType == UV_TASK_CONNECT) {
@@ -1629,6 +1627,8 @@ int32_t udfcRunUdfUvTask(SClientUdfTask *task, int8_t uvTaskType) {
   taosMemoryFree(uvTask->reqBuf.base);
   uvTask->reqBuf.base = NULL;
   taosMemoryFree(uvTask);
+  fnDebug("udfc freed uvTask: %p", task);
+
   uvTask = NULL;
   return task->errCode;
 }
diff --git a/source/libs/function/test/udf1.c b/source/libs/function/test/udf1.c
index dfbae357efd71c646bff5060d06ee984c05fae63..5be18af553498bf2b05607b69223c302d3826fae 100644
--- a/source/libs/function/test/udf1.c
+++ b/source/libs/function/test/udf1.c
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-
+#ifdef LINUX
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
 #include "taosudf.h"
 
 
@@ -35,6 +40,12 @@ DLL_EXPORT int32_t udf1(SUdfDataBlock* block, SUdfColumn *resultCol) {
       udfColDataSet(resultCol, i, (char *)&luckyNum, false);
     }
   }
-
+  //to simulate actual processing delay by udf
+#ifdef LINUX
+  usleep(1 * 1000);   // usleep takes sleep time in us (1 millionth of a second)
+#endif
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+  Sleep(1);
+#endif
   return 0;
 }
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