diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs
index 54f2ac94705e7..92183629dc458 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/creating_job_control.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use risingwave_common::util::epoch::Epoch;
-use risingwave_pb::common::WorkerNode;
 use risingwave_pb::ddl_service::DdlProgress;
 use risingwave_pb::hummock::HummockVersionStats;
 use risingwave_pb::stream_service::BarrierCompleteResponse;
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ impl CreatingStreamingJobControl {
     pub(super) fn may_inject_fake_barrier(
         &mut self,
         control_stream_manager: &mut ControlStreamManager,
-        node_map: &HashMap<WorkerId, WorkerNode>,
         is_checkpoint: bool,
     ) -> MetaResult<()> {
         if let CreatingStreamingJobStatus::ConsumingSnapshot {
@@ -230,7 +228,6 @@ impl CreatingStreamingJobControl {
                 let prev_epoch = Epoch::from_physical_time(*prev_epoch_fake_physical_time);
                 let node_to_collect = control_stream_manager.inject_barrier(
                     table_id,
-                    node_map,
                     None,
                     (
                         &TracedEpoch::new(self.backfill_epoch),
@@ -248,7 +245,6 @@ impl CreatingStreamingJobControl {
                 for command in pending_commands {
                     let node_to_collect = control_stream_manager.inject_barrier(
                         table_id,
-                        node_map,
                         command.to_mutation(),
                         (&command.curr_epoch, &command.prev_epoch),
                         &command.kind,
@@ -273,7 +269,6 @@ impl CreatingStreamingJobControl {
                 };
                 let node_to_collect = control_stream_manager.inject_barrier(
                     table_id,
-                    node_map,
                     None,
                     (&curr_epoch, &prev_epoch),
                     &kind,
@@ -313,7 +308,6 @@ impl CreatingStreamingJobControl {
             CreatingStreamingJobStatus::ConsumingLogStore { graph_info } => {
                 let node_to_collect = control_stream_manager.inject_barrier(
                     Some(table_id),
-                    &command_ctx.node_map,
                     if to_finish {
                         // erase the mutation on upstream except the last Finish command
                         command_ctx.to_mutation()
diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
index b1e6ebebfffd8..e241e7de14c51 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
@@ -968,11 +968,7 @@ impl GlobalBarrierManager {
             .creating_streaming_job_controls
             .values_mut()
         {
-            creating_job.may_inject_fake_barrier(
-                &mut self.control_stream_manager,
-                self.active_streaming_nodes.current(),
-                checkpoint,
-            )?
+            creating_job.may_inject_fake_barrier(&mut self.control_stream_manager, checkpoint)?
         }
 
         self.pending_non_checkpoint_barriers
diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs
index 89a1e96c3a36d..80c437b32a32c 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ impl ControlStreamManager {
     ) -> MetaResult<HashSet<WorkerId>> {
         self.inject_barrier(
             None,
-            &command_ctx.node_map,
             command_ctx.to_mutation(),
             (&command_ctx.curr_epoch, &command_ctx.prev_epoch),
             &command_ctx.kind,
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ impl ControlStreamManager {
     pub(super) fn inject_barrier(
         &mut self,
         creating_table_id: Option<TableId>,
-        node_map: &HashMap<WorkerId, WorkerNode>,
         mutation: Option<Mutation>,
         (curr_epoch, prev_epoch): (&TracedEpoch, &TracedEpoch),
         kind: &BarrierKind,
@@ -288,17 +286,21 @@ impl ControlStreamManager {
             })
             .unwrap_or(u32::MAX);
 
-        for worker_id in pre_applied_graph_info.worker_ids() {
-            if !node_map.contains_key(&worker_id) {
-                return Err(anyhow!("worker id {} not exist", worker_id).into());
+        for worker_id in pre_applied_graph_info.worker_ids().chain(
+            applied_graph_info
+                .into_iter()
+                .flat_map(|info| info.worker_ids()),
+        ) {
+            if !self.nodes.contains_key(&worker_id) {
+                return Err(anyhow!("unconnected worker node {}", worker_id).into());
             }
         }
 
         let mut node_need_collect = HashSet::new();
 
-        node_map
-            .iter()
-            .map(|(node_id, worker_node)| {
+        self.nodes
+            .iter_mut()
+            .map(|(node_id, node)| {
                 let actor_ids_to_send: Vec<_> =
                     pre_applied_graph_info.actor_ids_to_send(*node_id).collect();
                 let actor_ids_to_collect: Vec<_> = pre_applied_graph_info
@@ -318,15 +320,6 @@ impl ControlStreamManager {
                 };
 
                 {
-                    let Some(node) = self.nodes.get_mut(node_id) else {
-                        if actor_ids_to_collect.is_empty() {
-                            // Worker node get disconnected but has no actor to collect. Simply skip it.
-                            return Ok(());
-                        }
-                        return Err(
-                            anyhow!("unconnected worker node: {:?}", worker_node.host).into()
-                        );
-                    };
                     let mutation = mutation.clone();
                     let barrier = Barrier {
                         epoch: Some(risingwave_pb::data::Epoch {