diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
index 427cc392adef9..9addc79389c9a 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/mod.rs
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ impl GlobalBarrierManager {
                         .checkpoint_control
                         .can_inject_barrier(self.in_flight_barrier_nums) => {
                     self.active_streaming_nodes.sync().await;
-                    self.handle_new_barrier(scheduled);
+                    self.handle_new_barrier(scheduled).await;
                 }
             }
             self.checkpoint_control.update_barrier_nums_metrics();
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ impl GlobalBarrierManager {
     }
 
     /// Handle the new barrier from the scheduled queue and inject it.
-    fn handle_new_barrier(&mut self, scheduled: Scheduled) {
+    async fn handle_new_barrier(&mut self, scheduled: Scheduled) {
         let Scheduled {
             command,
             mut notifiers,
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ impl GlobalBarrierManager {
 
         send_latency_timer.observe_duration();
 
-        self.rpc_manager.inject_barrier(command_ctx.clone());
+        self.rpc_manager.inject_barrier(command_ctx.clone()).await;
 
         // Notify about the injection.
         let prev_paused_reason = self.state.paused_reason();
diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/recovery.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/recovery.rs
index 35964d3933b7a..8ebee011d395d 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/recovery.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/recovery.rs
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ impl GlobalBarrierManagerContext {
                     let res = match self
                         .inject_barrier(command_ctx.clone(), None, None)
                         .await
+                        .await
                         .result
                     {
                         Ok(response) => {
diff --git a/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs b/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs
index 877f935f25207..78fef8b1526b8 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/barrier/rpc.rs
@@ -66,15 +66,16 @@ impl BarrierRpcManager {
         self.prev_injecting_barrier = None;
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn inject_barrier(&mut self, command_context: Arc<CommandContext>) {
+    pub(super) async fn inject_barrier(&mut self, command_context: Arc<CommandContext>) {
         // this is to notify that the barrier has been injected so that the next
         // barrier can be injected to avoid out of order barrier injection.
         // TODO: can be removed when bidi-stream control in implemented.
         let (inject_tx, inject_rx) = oneshot::channel();
         let prev_inject_rx = self.prev_injecting_barrier.replace(inject_rx);
-        let await_complete_future =
-            self.context
-                .inject_barrier(command_context, Some(inject_tx), prev_inject_rx);
+        let await_complete_future = self
+            .context
+            .inject_barrier(command_context, Some(inject_tx), prev_inject_rx)
+            .await;
         self.injected_in_progress_barrier
             .push(await_complete_future);
     }
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ pub(super) type BarrierCompletionFuture = impl Future<Output = BarrierCompletion
 
 impl GlobalBarrierManagerContext {
     /// Inject a barrier to all CNs and spawn a task to collect it
-    pub(super) fn inject_barrier(
+    pub(super) async fn inject_barrier(
         &self,
         command_context: Arc<CommandContext>,
         inject_tx: Option<oneshot::Sender<()>>,
@@ -97,22 +98,16 @@ impl GlobalBarrierManagerContext {
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
         let prev_epoch = command_context.prev_epoch.value().0;
         let stream_rpc_manager = self.stream_rpc_manager.clone();
+        let span = command_context.span.clone();
+        if let Some(prev_inject_rx) = prev_inject_rx {
+            let _ = prev_inject_rx.await;
+        }
+        let result = stream_rpc_manager
+            .inject_barrier(command_context.clone())
+            .instrument(span.clone())
+            .await;
         // todo: the collect handler should be abort when recovery.
         let _join_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let span = command_context.span.clone();
-            if let Some(prev_inject_rx) = prev_inject_rx {
-                if prev_inject_rx.await.is_err() {
-                    let _ = tx.send(BarrierCompletion {
-                        prev_epoch,
-                        result: Err(anyhow!("prev barrier failed to be injected").into()),
-                    });
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-            let result = stream_rpc_manager
-                .inject_barrier(command_context.clone())
-                .instrument(span.clone())
-                .await;
             match result {
                 Ok(node_need_collect) => {
                     if let Some(inject_tx) = inject_tx {