diff --git a/internal/datacoord/policy.go b/internal/datacoord/policy.go
index 2dba423fcffcb..434fef0434107 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/policy.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/policy.go
@@ -89,17 +89,32 @@ func AvgBalanceChannelPolicy(cluster Assignments) *ChannelOpSet {
 		totalChannelNum += len(nodeChs.Channels)
 	}
 	channelCountPerNode := totalChannelNum / avaNodeNum
+	maxChannelCountPerNode := channelCountPerNode
+	remainder := totalChannelNum % avaNodeNum
+	if remainder > 0 {
+		maxChannelCountPerNode += 1
+	}
 	for _, nChannels := range cluster {
 		chCount := len(nChannels.Channels)
-		if chCount <= channelCountPerNode+1 {
+		if chCount == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		toReleaseCount := chCount - channelCountPerNode
+		if remainder > 0 && chCount >= maxChannelCountPerNode {
+			remainder -= 1
+			toReleaseCount = chCount - maxChannelCountPerNode
+		}
+
+		if toReleaseCount == 0 {
 			log.Info("node channel count is not much larger than average, skip reallocate",
 				zap.Int64("nodeID", nChannels.NodeID),
 				zap.Int("channelCount", chCount),
 				zap.Int("channelCountPerNode", channelCountPerNode))
 			continue
 		}
+
 		reallocate := NewNodeChannelInfo(nChannels.NodeID)
-		toReleaseCount := chCount - channelCountPerNode - 1
 		for _, ch := range nChannels.Channels {
 			reallocate.AddChannel(ch)
 			toReleaseCount--
@@ -144,6 +159,7 @@ func AvgAssignByCountPolicy(currentCluster Assignments, toAssign *NodeChannelInf
 			fromCluster = append(fromCluster, info)
 			channelNum += len(info.Channels)
 			nodeToAvg.Insert(info.NodeID)
+			return
 		}
 
 		// Get toCluster by filtering out execlusive nodes
@@ -152,6 +168,7 @@ func AvgAssignByCountPolicy(currentCluster Assignments, toAssign *NodeChannelInf
 		}
 
 		toCluster = append(toCluster, info)
+		channelNum += len(info.Channels)
 		nodeToAvg.Insert(info.NodeID)
 	})
 
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/policy_test.go b/internal/datacoord/policy_test.go
index c117b8f8bb39c..150116d09b6b7 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/policy_test.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/policy_test.go
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ func (s *PolicySuite) TestAvgBalanceChannelPolicy() {
 		s.Nil(opSet)
 	})
 	s.Run("test uneven with conservative effect", func() {
-		// as we deem that the node having only one channel more than average as even, so there's no reallocation
-		// for this test case
-		// even distribution should have not results
 		uneven := []*NodeChannelInfo{
 			{100, getChannels(map[string]int64{"ch1": 1, "ch2": 1})},
 			{NodeID: 101},
 		}
 
 		opSet := AvgBalanceChannelPolicy(uneven)
-		s.Nil(opSet)
+		s.Equal(opSet.Len(), 1)
+		for _, op := range opSet.Collect() {
+			s.True(lo.Contains([]string{"ch1", "ch2"}, op.GetChannelNames()[0]))
+		}
 	})
 	s.Run("test uneven with zero", func() {
 		uneven := []*NodeChannelInfo{
@@ -286,4 +286,31 @@ func (s *AssignByCountPolicySuite) TestWithUnassignedChannels() {
 		})
 		s.ElementsMatch([]int64{3, 1}, nodeIDs)
 	})
+
+	s.Run("assign to reach average", func() {
+		curCluster := []*NodeChannelInfo{
+			{1, getChannels(map[string]int64{"ch-1": 1, "ch-2": 1, "ch-3": 1})},
+			{2, getChannels(map[string]int64{"ch-4": 1, "ch-5": 1, "ch-6": 4, "ch-7": 4, "ch-8": 4})},
+		}
+		unassigned := NewNodeChannelInfo(bufferID,
+			getChannel("new-ch-1", 1),
+			getChannel("new-ch-2", 1),
+			getChannel("new-ch-3", 1),
+		)
+
+		opSet := AvgAssignByCountPolicy(curCluster, unassigned, nil)
+		s.NotNil(opSet)
+
+		s.Equal(3, opSet.GetChannelNumber())
+		s.Equal(2, opSet.Len())
+		for _, op := range opSet.Collect() {
+			if op.Type == Delete {
+				s.Equal(int64(bufferID), op.NodeID)
+			}
+
+			if op.Type == Watch {
+				s.Equal(int64(1), op.NodeID)
+			}
+		}
+	})
 }