diff --git a/pkg/workerpool/pool_impl.go b/pkg/workerpool/pool_impl.go
index 966e6ea35c3..d98d4ffc1a8 100644
--- a/pkg/workerpool/pool_impl.go
+++ b/pkg/workerpool/pool_impl.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/notify"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -248,6 +249,9 @@ type worker struct {
 	isRunning int32
 	// notifies exits of run()
 	stopNotifier notify.Notifier
+
+	slowSynchronizeThreshold time.Duration
+	slowSynchronizeLimiter   *rate.Limiter
 }
 
 func newWorker() *worker {
@@ -255,6 +259,9 @@ func newWorker() *worker {
 		taskCh:         make(chan task, 128),
 		handles:        make(map[*defaultEventHandle]struct{}),
 		handleCancelCh: make(chan struct{}), // this channel must be unbuffered, i.e. blocking
+
+		slowSynchronizeThreshold: 10 * time.Second,
+		slowSynchronizeLimiter:   rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(time.Second*5), 1),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -340,13 +347,20 @@ func (w *worker) synchronize() {
 			break
 		}
 
-		if time.Since(startTime) > time.Second*10 {
-			// likely the workerpool has deadlocked, or there is a bug in the event handlers.
-			log.Warn("synchronize is taking too long, report a bug", zap.Duration("elapsed", time.Since(startTime)))
+		if time.Since(startTime) > w.slowSynchronizeThreshold &&
+			w.slowSynchronizeLimiter.Allow() {
+			// likely the workerpool has deadlocked, or there is a bug
+			// in the event handlers.
+			logWarn("synchronize is taking too long, report a bug",
+				zap.Duration("elapsed", time.Since(startTime)),
+				zap.Stack("stacktrace"))
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+// A delegate to log.Warn. It exists only for testing.
+var logWarn = log.Warn
+
 func (w *worker) addHandle(handle *defaultEventHandle) {
 	w.handleRWLock.Lock()
 	defer w.handleRWLock.Unlock()
diff --git a/pkg/workerpool/pool_test.go b/pkg/workerpool/pool_test.go
index dc5a2bff61a..c34378fd625 100644
--- a/pkg/workerpool/pool_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workerpool/pool_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/failpoint"
 	"github.com/pingcap/log"
 	"github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/util/testleak"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
 func TestSuite(t *testing.T) { check.TestingT(t) }
@@ -425,6 +427,38 @@ func (s *workerPoolSuite) TestCancelByAddEventContext(c *check.C) {
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 }
 
+func TestSynchronizeLog(t *testing.T) {
+	w := newWorker()
+	w.isRunning = 1
+	// Always report "synchronize is taking too long".
+	w.slowSynchronizeThreshold = time.Duration(0)
+	w.slowSynchronizeLimiter = rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(100*time.Minute), 1)
+
+	counter := int32(0)
+	logWarn = func(msg string, fields ...zap.Field) {
+		atomic.AddInt32(&counter, 1)
+	}
+	defer func() { logWarn = log.Warn }()
+
+	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		w.synchronize()
+		close(doneCh)
+	}()
+
+	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
+	w.stopNotifier.Notify()
+	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
+	w.stopNotifier.Notify()
+
+	// Close worker.
+	atomic.StoreInt32(&w.isRunning, 0)
+	w.stopNotifier.Close()
+	<-doneCh
+
+	require.EqualValues(t, 1, atomic.LoadInt32(&counter))
+}
+
 // Benchmark workerpool with ping-pong workflow.
 // go test -benchmem -run='^$' -bench '^(BenchmarkWorkerpool)$' github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pkg/workerpool
 func BenchmarkWorkerpool(b *testing.B) {