diff --git a/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/arrangement_backfill.rs b/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/arrangement_backfill.rs
index b95aa87f0f415..d8db3bc4efbd9 100644
--- a/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/arrangement_backfill.rs
+++ b/src/stream/src/executor/backfill/arrangement_backfill.rs
@@ -646,22 +646,6 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    // 2x rate limit indefinitely. Backpressure will kick in and slowdown the ingestion rate.
-    fn adapt_rate_limit_3(
-        actor_id: &ActorId,
-        metrics: &StreamingMetrics,
-        threshold_barrier_latency: f64,
-        highest_barrier_latency: &mut f64,
-        total_barrier_latency: &mut f64,
-        rate_limit: &mut Option<usize>,
-        rate_limiter: &mut Option<BackfillRateLimiter>,
-    ) {
-        if let Some(rate_limit_setting) = rate_limit {
-            *rate_limit_setting = (*rate_limit_setting * 2).clamp(1, 100000);
-            *rate_limiter = create_limiter(*rate_limit_setting)
-        }
-    }
-
     fn adapt_rate_limit_2(
         actor_id: &ActorId,
         metrics: &StreamingMetrics,
@@ -679,6 +663,7 @@ where
             new_barrier_latency,
         );
         let new_rate_limit = if *highest_barrier_latency > 2_f64 * threshold_barrier_latency {
+            *highest_barrier_latency = 0.0;
             Some(INITIAL_ADAPTIVE_RATE_LIMIT)
         } else if *highest_barrier_latency > threshold_barrier_latency
             && let Some(rate_limit_set) = rate_limit
@@ -691,7 +676,7 @@ where
         } else if new_total_barrier_latency > *total_barrier_latency
             && let Some(rate_limit_set) = rate_limit
         {
-            let scaling_factor = 1.1_f64;
+            let scaling_factor = 1.01_f64;
             let scaled_rate_limit = (*rate_limit_set as f64) * scaling_factor;
             let new_rate_limit = scaled_rate_limit.ceil() as usize;
             Some(new_rate_limit)
@@ -704,7 +689,7 @@ where
             && let Some(rate_limit_setting) = new_rate_limit
         {
             *rate_limit = new_rate_limit;
-            tracing::trace!(
+            tracing::debug!(
                 target: "adaptive_rate_limit",
                 actor_id,
                 ?rate_limit,