diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java
index 196b78f83c2..2a4ace09850 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/broker/schedule/ScheduleMessageService.java
@@ -92,14 +92,7 @@ public ScheduleMessageService(final BrokerController brokerController) {
         this.brokerController = brokerController;
         this.enableAsyncDeliver = brokerController.getMessageStoreConfig().isEnableScheduleAsyncDeliver();
         scheduledPersistService = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(1,
-            new ThreadFactoryImpl("ScheduleMessageServicePersistThread", true, brokerController.getBrokerConfig()));
-        scheduledPersistService.scheduleAtFixedRate(() -> {
-            try {
-                ScheduleMessageService.this.persist();
-            } catch (Throwable e) {
-                log.error("scheduleAtFixedRate flush exception", e);
-            }
-        }, 10000, this.brokerController.getMessageStoreConfig().getFlushDelayOffsetInterval(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+                new ThreadFactoryImpl("ScheduleMessageServicePersistThread", true, brokerController.getBrokerConfig()));
     }
 
     public static int queueId2DelayLevel(final int queueId) {
@@ -161,15 +154,13 @@ public void start() {
                 }
             }
 
-            this.deliverExecutorService.scheduleAtFixedRate(() -> {
+            scheduledPersistService.scheduleAtFixedRate(() -> {
                 try {
-                    if (started.get()) {
-                        ScheduleMessageService.this.persist();
-                    }
+                    ScheduleMessageService.this.persist();
                 } catch (Throwable e) {
                     log.error("scheduleAtFixedRate flush exception", e);
                 }
-            }, 10000, this.brokerController.getMessageStore().getMessageStoreConfig().getFlushDelayOffsetInterval(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            }, 10000, this.brokerController.getMessageStoreConfig().getFlushDelayOffsetInterval(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         }
     }