diff --git a/src/log-store/src/error.rs b/src/log-store/src/error.rs
index 962606666b..5f9a5fc4e3 100644
--- a/src/log-store/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/log-store/src/error.rs
@@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ pub enum Error {
         actual: String,
     },
 
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to start log store gc task"))]
-    StartGcTask {
+    #[snafu(display("Failed to start log store task: {}", name))]
+    StartWalTask {
+        name: String,
         #[snafu(implicit)]
         location: Location,
         source: RuntimeError,
     },
 
-    #[snafu(display("Failed to stop log store gc task"))]
-    StopGcTask {
+    #[snafu(display("Failed to stop log store task: {}", name))]
+    StopWalTask {
+        name: String,
         #[snafu(implicit)]
         location: Location,
         source: RuntimeError,
diff --git a/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/backend.rs b/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/backend.rs
index 456c6e2c88..3d41e5298d 100644
--- a/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/backend.rs
+++ b/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/backend.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use common_runtime::RepeatedTask;
 use raft_engine::{Config, Engine, LogBatch, ReadableSize, RecoveryMode};
 use snafu::{IntoError, ResultExt};
 
-use crate::error::{self, Error, IoSnafu, RaftEngineSnafu, StartGcTaskSnafu};
+use crate::error::{self, Error, IoSnafu, RaftEngineSnafu, StartWalTaskSnafu};
 use crate::raft_engine::log_store::PurgeExpiredFilesFunction;
 
 pub(crate) const SYSTEM_NAMESPACE: u64 = 0;
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ impl RaftEngineBackend {
         );
         gc_task
             .start(common_runtime::global_runtime())
-            .context(StartGcTaskSnafu)?;
+            .context(StartWalTaskSnafu { name: "gc_task" })?;
+
         Ok(Self {
             engine: RwLock::new(engine),
             _gc_task: gc_task,
diff --git a/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/log_store.rs b/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/log_store.rs
index 3e2ff5023b..c7df8be66c 100644
--- a/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/log_store.rs
+++ b/src/log-store/src/raft_engine/log_store.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 use std::collections::{hash_map, HashMap};
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicI64, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ use store_api::storage::RegionId;
 use crate::error::{
     AddEntryLogBatchSnafu, DiscontinuousLogIndexSnafu, Error, FetchEntrySnafu,
     IllegalNamespaceSnafu, IllegalStateSnafu, InvalidProviderSnafu, OverrideCompactedEntrySnafu,
-    RaftEngineSnafu, Result, StartGcTaskSnafu, StopGcTaskSnafu,
+    RaftEngineSnafu, Result, StartWalTaskSnafu, StopWalTaskSnafu,
 };
 use crate::metrics;
 use crate::raft_engine::backend::SYSTEM_NAMESPACE;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ pub struct RaftEngineLogStore {
     read_batch_size: usize,
     engine: Arc<Engine>,
     gc_task: RepeatedTask<Error>,
-    last_sync_time: AtomicI64,
+    sync_task: RepeatedTask<Error>,
 }
 
 pub struct PurgeExpiredFilesFunction {
@@ -83,6 +82,31 @@ impl TaskFunction<Error> for PurgeExpiredFilesFunction {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct SyncWalTaskFunction {
+    engine: Arc<Engine>,
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl TaskFunction<Error> for SyncWalTaskFunction {
+    async fn call(&mut self) -> std::result::Result<(), Error> {
+        let engine = self.engine.clone();
+        if let Err(e) = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || engine.sync()).await {
+            error!(e; "Failed to sync raft engine log files");
+        };
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "SyncWalTaskFunction"
+    }
+}
+
+impl SyncWalTaskFunction {
+    pub fn new(engine: Arc<Engine>) -> Self {
+        Self { engine }
+    }
+}
+
 impl RaftEngineLogStore {
     pub async fn try_new(dir: String, config: &RaftEngineConfig) -> Result<Self> {
         let raft_engine_config = Config {
@@ -104,13 +128,18 @@ impl RaftEngineLogStore {
             }),
         );
 
+        let sync_task = RepeatedTask::new(
+            config.sync_period.unwrap_or(Duration::from_secs(5)),
+            Box::new(SyncWalTaskFunction::new(engine.clone())),
+        );
+
         let log_store = Self {
             sync_write: config.sync_write,
             sync_period: config.sync_period,
             read_batch_size: config.read_batch_size,
             engine,
             gc_task,
-            last_sync_time: AtomicI64::new(0),
+            sync_task,
         };
         log_store.start()?;
         Ok(log_store)
@@ -123,7 +152,10 @@ impl RaftEngineLogStore {
     fn start(&self) -> Result<()> {
         self.gc_task
             .start(common_runtime::global_runtime())
-            .context(StartGcTaskSnafu)
+            .context(StartWalTaskSnafu { name: "gc_task" })?;
+        self.sync_task
+            .start(common_runtime::global_runtime())
+            .context(StartWalTaskSnafu { name: "sync_task" })
     }
 
     fn span(&self, provider: &RaftEngineProvider) -> (Option<u64>, Option<u64>) {
@@ -220,7 +252,14 @@ impl LogStore for RaftEngineLogStore {
     type Error = Error;
 
     async fn stop(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        self.gc_task.stop().await.context(StopGcTaskSnafu)
+        self.gc_task
+            .stop()
+            .await
+            .context(StopWalTaskSnafu { name: "gc_task" })?;
+        self.sync_task
+            .stop()
+            .await
+            .context(StopWalTaskSnafu { name: "sync_task" })
     }
 
     /// Appends a batch of entries to logstore. `RaftEngineLogStore` assures the atomicity of
@@ -240,20 +279,9 @@ impl LogStore for RaftEngineLogStore {
         }
 
         let (mut batch, last_entry_ids) = self.entries_to_batch(entries)?;
-
-        let mut sync = self.sync_write;
-
-        if let Some(sync_period) = &self.sync_period {
-            let now = common_time::util::current_time_millis();
-            if now - self.last_sync_time.load(Ordering::Relaxed) >= sync_period.as_millis() as i64 {
-                self.last_sync_time.store(now, Ordering::Relaxed);
-                sync = true;
-            }
-        }
-
         let _ = self
             .engine
-            .write(&mut batch, sync)
+            .write(&mut batch, self.sync_write)
             .context(RaftEngineSnafu)?;
 
         Ok(AppendBatchResponse { last_entry_ids })