diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/CloudTabletStatMgr.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/CloudTabletStatMgr.java
index 8bd05213e0fa9d1..ff01f736081a70c 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/CloudTabletStatMgr.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/CloudTabletStatMgr.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ protected void runAfterCatalogReady() {
                 Long tableRowsetCount = 0L;
                 Long tableSegmentCount = 0L;
 
-                if (!table.writeLockIfExist()) {
+                if (!table.readLockIfExist()) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 try {
@@ -203,13 +203,14 @@ protected void runAfterCatalogReady() {
                         } // end for indices
                     } // end for partitions
 
+                    //  this is only one thread to update table statistics, readLock is enough
                     olapTable.setStatistics(new OlapTable.Statistics(db.getName(),
                             table.getName(), tableDataSize, tableTotalReplicaDataSize, 0L,
                             tableReplicaCount, tableRowCount, tableRowsetCount, tableSegmentCount));
                     LOG.debug("finished to set row num for table: {} in database: {}",
                              table.getName(), db.getFullName());
                 } finally {
-                    table.writeUnlock();
+                    table.readUnlock();
                 }
 
                 newCloudTableStatsMap.put(Pair.of(dbId, table.getId()), new OlapTable.Statistics(db.getName(),
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Table.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Table.java
index 0665b128bfdc872..c3b2f01448b3983 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Table.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/Table.java
@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ public void readLock() {
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean readLockIfExist() {
+        readLock();
+        if (isDropped) {
+            readUnlock();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     public boolean tryReadLock(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
         try {
             boolean res = this.rwLock.readLock().tryLock(timeout, unit);
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/TabletStatMgr.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/TabletStatMgr.java
index 030dc4d7a0e9cd8..207f007a4cbb6ae 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/TabletStatMgr.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/catalog/TabletStatMgr.java
@@ -121,13 +121,7 @@ protected void runAfterCatalogReady() {
 
                 Long tableRowCount = 0L;
 
-                // Use try write lock to avoid such cases
-                //    Time1: Thread1 hold read lock for 5min
-                //    Time2: Thread2 want to add write lock, then it will be the first element in lock queue
-                //    Time3: Thread3 want to add read lock, but it will not, because thread 2 want to add write lock
-                // In this case, thread 3 has to wait more than 5min, because it has to wait thread 2 to add
-                // write lock and release write lock and thread 2 has to wait thread 1 to release read lock
-                if (!table.tryWriteLockIfExist(3000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+                if (!table.readLockIfExist()) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 try {
@@ -169,6 +163,7 @@ protected void runAfterCatalogReady() {
                         } // end for indices
                     } // end for partitions
 
+                    // this is only one thread to update table statistics, readLock is enough
                     olapTable.setStatistics(new OlapTable.Statistics(db.getName(), table.getName(),
                             tableDataSize, tableTotalReplicaDataSize,
                             tableRemoteDataSize, tableReplicaCount, tableRowCount, 0L, 0L));
@@ -178,7 +173,7 @@ protected void runAfterCatalogReady() {
                                  table.getName(), db.getFullName());
                     }
                 } finally {
-                    table.writeUnlock();
+                    table.readUnlock();
                 }
             }
         }