diff --git a/src/mito2/src/worker.rs b/src/mito2/src/worker.rs
index ded1735ddc..ab04521d16 100644
--- a/src/mito2/src/worker.rs
+++ b/src/mito2/src/worker.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ mod handle_truncate;
 mod handle_write;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
@@ -430,6 +431,12 @@ impl<S: LogStore> WorkerStarter<S> {
         let running = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true));
         let now = self.time_provider.current_time_millis();
         let id_string = self.id.to_string();
+
+        let slow_threshold = std::env::var("slow_threshold")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|v| u64::from_str(&v).ok())
+            .unwrap_or(1000);
+
         let mut worker_thread = RegionWorkerLoop {
             id: self.id,
             config: self.config.clone(),
@@ -471,6 +478,7 @@ impl<S: LogStore> WorkerStarter<S> {
             schema_metadata_manager: self.schema_metadata_manager,
             metrics: WorkerMetrics::default(),
             stall_start: None,
+            slow_threshold: Duration::from_millis(slow_threshold),
         };
         let handle = common_runtime::spawn_global(async move {
             worker_thread.run().await;
@@ -726,6 +734,7 @@ struct RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
     metrics: WorkerMetrics,
     /// Last stall start time.
     stall_start: Option<Instant>,
+    slow_threshold: Duration,
 }
 
 impl<S: LogStore> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
@@ -741,6 +750,7 @@ impl<S: LogStore> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
         // Buffer to retrieve requests from receiver.
         let mut buffer = RequestBuffer::with_capacity(self.config.worker_request_batch_size);
 
+        let mut select_start = Instant::now();
         while self.running.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
             // Clear the buffer before handling next batch of requests.
             buffer.clear();
@@ -749,7 +759,6 @@ impl<S: LogStore> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
             let sleep = tokio::time::sleep(max_wait_time);
             tokio::pin!(sleep);
 
-            let select_start = Instant::now();
             tokio::select! {
                 request_opt = self.receiver.recv() => {
                     match request_opt {
@@ -816,7 +825,7 @@ impl<S: LogStore> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
             self.metrics.handle_periodical_task_cost = start.elapsed();
 
             self.metrics.handle_cost = handle_start.elapsed();
-            if self.metrics.handle_cost > Duration::from_secs(3) {
+            if self.metrics.handle_cost + self.metrics.select_cost > self.slow_threshold {
                 info!(
                     "Region worker too slow, id: {}, metrics: {:?}",
                     self.id, self.metrics
@@ -824,6 +833,7 @@ impl<S: LogStore> RegionWorkerLoop<S> {
             }
             // Clear the metrics.
             self.metrics = WorkerMetrics::default();
+            select_start = Instant::now();
         }
 
         self.clean().await;