diff --git a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp
index f96b24cc942aa7..88c19348e92111 100644
--- a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp
+++ b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ Status KafkaDataConsumer::start(StreamLoadContext* ctx) {
         }
     }
     
+    _last_visit_time = time(nullptr);
+
     int64_t left_time = ctx->max_interval_s;
     int64_t left_rows = ctx->max_batch_rows;
     int64_t left_bytes = ctx->max_batch_size;
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ Status KafkaDataConsumer::start(StreamLoadContext* ctx) {
 
     LOG(INFO) << "start consumer"
         << ". max time(s): " << left_time
-        << ", bath rows: " << left_rows
+        << ", batch rows: " << left_rows
         << ", batch size: " << left_bytes
         << ". " << ctx->brief();
 
diff --git a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.h b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.h
index d71aa0d24038d7..7c4cdad0a44abb 100644
--- a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.h
+++ b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <ctime>
 #include <mutex>
 
 #include "librdkafka/rdkafkacpp.h"
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ class DataConsumer {
     DataConsumer(StreamLoadContext* ctx):
         _init(false),
         _finished(false),
-        _cancelled(false) {
+        _cancelled(false),
+        _last_visit_time(0) {
     }
 
     virtual ~DataConsumer() {
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ class DataConsumer {
     virtual bool match(StreamLoadContext* ctx) = 0;
 
     const UniqueId& id() { return _id; }
+    time_t last_visit_time() { return _last_visit_time; }
     
 protected:
     UniqueId _id;
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ class DataConsumer {
     bool _init;
     bool _finished;
     bool _cancelled;
+    time_t _last_visit_time;
 };
 
 class KafkaEventCb : public RdKafka::EventCb {
diff --git a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.cpp b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.cpp
index f7ee3af1a79259..6d6de3777b36b4 100644
--- a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.cpp
+++ b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void DataConsumerPool::return_consumer(std::shared_ptr<DataConsumer> consumer) {
     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(_lock);
 
     if (_pool.size() == _max_pool_size) {
-       VLOG(3) << "data consumer pool is full: " << _pool.size()
+        VLOG(3) << "data consumer pool is full: " << _pool.size()
                 << "-" << _max_pool_size << ", discard the returned consumer: "
                 << consumer->id();
         return;
@@ -77,4 +77,40 @@ void DataConsumerPool::return_consumer(std::shared_ptr<DataConsumer> consumer) {
     return;
 }
 
+Status DataConsumerPool::start_bg_worker() {
+    _clean_idle_consumer_thread = std::thread(
+        [this] {
+            #ifdef GOOGLE_PROFILER
+                ProfilerRegisterThread();
+            #endif
+
+            uint32_t interval = 60;
+            while (true) {
+                _clean_idle_consumer_bg();
+                sleep(interval);
+            }
+        });
+    _clean_idle_consumer_thread.detach();
+    return Status::OK;
+}
+
+void DataConsumerPool::_clean_idle_consumer_bg() {
+    const static int32_t max_idle_time_second = 600;
+
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l(_lock);
+    time_t now = time(nullptr);    
+
+    auto iter = std::begin(_pool);
+    while (iter != std::end(_pool)) {
+        if (difftime(now, (*iter)->last_visit_time()) >= max_idle_time_second) {
+            LOG(INFO) << "remove data consumer " << (*iter)->id()
+                    << ", since it last visit: " << (*iter)->last_visit_time()
+                    << ", now: " << now;
+            iter = _pool.erase(iter);
+        } else {
+            ++iter;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 } // end namespace doris
diff --git a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.h b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.h
index 05b63e3da73210..1d74002db6c275 100644
--- a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.h
+++ b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/data_consumer_pool.h
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <ctime>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <thread>
 
 #include "runtime/routine_load/data_consumer.h"
 #include "util/lru_cache.hpp"
@@ -48,10 +50,17 @@ class DataConsumerPool {
     // erase the specified cache
     void return_consumer(std::shared_ptr<DataConsumer> consumer);
 
-protected:
+    Status start_bg_worker();
+
+private:
+    void _clean_idle_consumer_bg();
+
+private:
     std::mutex _lock;
     std::list<std::shared_ptr<DataConsumer>> _pool;
     int64_t _max_pool_size;
+
+    std::thread _clean_idle_consumer_thread;
 };
 
 } // end namespace doris
diff --git a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.cpp b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.cpp
index b8dd206ccaa64b..0424b98cadc2b8 100644
--- a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.cpp
+++ b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.cpp
@@ -174,12 +174,13 @@ void RoutineLoadTaskExecutor::exec_task(
 
     ctx->load_cost_nanos = MonotonicNanos() - ctx->start_nanos;
     
-    // commit txn
-    HANDLE_ERROR(_exec_env->stream_load_executor()->commit_txn(ctx), "commit failed");
-
     // return the consumer back to pool
+    // call this before commit txn, in case the next task can come very fast
     consumer_pool->return_consumer(consumer);    
 
+    // commit txn
+    HANDLE_ERROR(_exec_env->stream_load_executor()->commit_txn(ctx), "commit failed");
+
     cb(ctx);
 }
 
diff --git a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.h b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.h
index 3f78e2a26996a6..11a54ae155b0d3 100644
--- a/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.h
+++ b/be/src/runtime/routine_load/routine_load_task_executor.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class RoutineLoadTaskExecutor {
         _exec_env(exec_env),
         _thread_pool(10, 1000),
         _data_consumer_pool(10) {
+
+        _data_consumer_pool.start_bg_worker();
     }
 
     ~RoutineLoadTaskExecutor() {