diff --git a/pkg/ddl/cancel_test.go b/pkg/ddl/cancel_test.go
index 566655cbdd163..22a3489b02dca 100644
--- a/pkg/ddl/cancel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ddl/cancel_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package ddl_test
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -28,17 +29,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/parser/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/testkit"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/testkit/external"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/testkit/testfailpoint"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	atomicutil "go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
 
 type testCancelJob struct {
-	sql         string
-	ok          bool
-	cancelState any // model.SchemaState | []model.SchemaState
-	onJobBefore bool
-	onJobUpdate bool
-	prepareSQL  []string
+	sql             string
+	expectCancelled bool
+	cancelState     any // model.SchemaState | []model.SchemaState
+	onJobBefore     bool
+	onJobUpdate     bool
+	prepareSQL      []string
 }
 
 var allTestCase = []testCancelJob{
@@ -204,6 +206,14 @@ func cancelSuccess(rs *testkit.Result) bool {
 }
 
 func TestCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	var enterCnt, exitCnt atomic.Int32
+	testfailpoint.EnableCall(t, "github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/ddl/beforeDelivery2Worker", func(job *model.Job) { enterCnt.Add(1) })
+	testfailpoint.EnableCall(t, "github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/ddl/afterDelivery2Worker", func(job *model.Job) { exitCnt.Add(1) })
+	waitDDLWorkerExited := func() {
+		require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+			return enterCnt.Load() == exitCnt.Load()
+		}, 10*time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond)
+	}
 	store, dom := testkit.CreateMockStoreAndDomainWithSchemaLease(t, 100*time.Millisecond)
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
 	tkCancel := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
@@ -244,28 +254,28 @@ func TestCancel(t *testing.T) {
 
 	hook := &callback.TestDDLCallback{Do: dom}
 	i := atomicutil.NewInt64(0)
-	cancel := atomicutil.NewBool(false)
+	canceled := atomicutil.NewBool(false)
 	cancelResult := atomicutil.NewBool(false)
 	cancelWhenReorgNotStart := atomicutil.NewBool(false)
 
 	hookFunc := func(job *model.Job) {
-		if testutil.TestMatchCancelState(t, job, allTestCase[i.Load()].cancelState, allTestCase[i.Load()].sql) && !cancel.Load() {
+		if testutil.TestMatchCancelState(t, job, allTestCase[i.Load()].cancelState, allTestCase[i.Load()].sql) && !canceled.Load() {
 			if !cancelWhenReorgNotStart.Load() && job.SchemaState == model.StateWriteReorganization && job.MayNeedReorg() && job.RowCount == 0 {
 				return
 			}
 			rs := tkCancel.MustQuery(fmt.Sprintf("admin cancel ddl jobs %d", job.ID))
 			cancelResult.Store(cancelSuccess(rs))
-			cancel.Store(true)
+			canceled.Store(true)
 		}
 	}
 	dom.DDL().SetHook(hook.Clone())
 
-	restHook := func(h *callback.TestDDLCallback) {
+	resetHook := func(h *callback.TestDDLCallback) {
 		h.OnJobRunBeforeExported = nil
 		h.OnJobUpdatedExported.Store(nil)
 		dom.DDL().SetHook(h.Clone())
 	}
-	registHook := func(h *callback.TestDDLCallback, onJobRunBefore bool) {
+	registerHook := func(h *callback.TestDDLCallback, onJobRunBefore bool) {
 		if onJobRunBefore {
 			h.OnJobRunBeforeExported = hookFunc
 		} else {
@@ -274,41 +284,47 @@ func TestCancel(t *testing.T) {
 		dom.DDL().SetHook(h.Clone())
 	}
 
+	waitDDLWorkerExited()
 	for j, tc := range allTestCase {
+		t.Logf("running test case %d: %s", j, tc.sql)
 		i.Store(int64(j))
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("sql: %s, state: %s", tc.sql, tc.cancelState)
 		if tc.onJobBefore {
-			restHook(hook)
+			resetHook(hook)
 			for _, prepareSQL := range tc.prepareSQL {
 				tk.MustExec(prepareSQL)
 			}
-			cancel.Store(false)
+			waitDDLWorkerExited()
+			canceled.Store(false)
 			cancelWhenReorgNotStart.Store(true)
-			registHook(hook, true)
-			if tc.ok {
+			registerHook(hook, true)
+			if tc.expectCancelled {
 				tk.MustGetErrCode(tc.sql, errno.ErrCancelledDDLJob)
 			} else {
 				tk.MustExec(tc.sql)
 			}
-			if cancel.Load() {
-				require.Equal(t, tc.ok, cancelResult.Load(), msg)
+			waitDDLWorkerExited()
+			if canceled.Load() {
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expectCancelled, cancelResult.Load(), msg)
 			}
 		}
 		if tc.onJobUpdate {
-			restHook(hook)
+			resetHook(hook)
 			for _, prepareSQL := range tc.prepareSQL {
 				tk.MustExec(prepareSQL)
 			}
-			cancel.Store(false)
+			waitDDLWorkerExited()
+			canceled.Store(false)
 			cancelWhenReorgNotStart.Store(false)
-			registHook(hook, false)
-			if tc.ok {
+			registerHook(hook, false)
+			if tc.expectCancelled {
 				tk.MustGetErrCode(tc.sql, errno.ErrCancelledDDLJob)
 			} else {
 				tk.MustExec(tc.sql)
 			}
-			if cancel.Load() {
-				require.Equal(t, tc.ok, cancelResult.Load(), msg)
+			waitDDLWorkerExited()
+			if canceled.Load() {
+				require.Equal(t, tc.expectCancelled, cancelResult.Load(), msg)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ddl/job_table.go b/pkg/ddl/job_table.go
index 7619147884189..fa8234e14916b 100644
--- a/pkg/ddl/job_table.go
+++ b/pkg/ddl/job_table.go
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ func (d *ddl) delivery2LocalWorker(pool *workerPool, task *limitJobTask) {
 
 // delivery2Worker owns the worker, need to put it back to the pool in this function.
 func (s *jobScheduler) delivery2Worker(wk *worker, pool *workerPool, job *model.Job) {
+	failpoint.InjectCall("beforeDelivery2Worker", job)
 	injectFailPointForGetJob(job)
 	jobID, involvedSchemaInfos := job.ID, job.GetInvolvingSchemaInfo()
 	s.runningJobs.add(jobID, involvedSchemaInfos)
@@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ func (s *jobScheduler) delivery2Worker(wk *worker, pool *workerPool, job *model.
 			// job is already moved to history.
 			failpoint.InjectCall("beforeRefreshJob", job)
 			for {
-				job, err = s.sysTblMgr.GetJobByID(s.schCtx, job.ID)
+				job, err = s.sysTblMgr.GetJobByID(s.schCtx, jobID)
 				failpoint.InjectCall("mockGetJobByIDFail", &err)
 				if err == nil {
 					break
@@ -569,10 +570,10 @@ func (s *jobScheduler) delivery2Worker(wk *worker, pool *workerPool, job *model.
 
 				if err == systable.ErrNotFound {
 					logutil.DDLLogger().Info("job not found, might already finished",
-						zap.Int64("job_id", job.ID), zap.Stringer("state", job.State))
+						zap.Int64("job_id", jobID))
 					return
 				}
-				logutil.DDLLogger().Error("get job failed", zap.Error(err))
+				logutil.DDLLogger().Error("get job failed", zap.Int64("job_id", jobID), zap.Error(err))
 				select {
 				case <-s.schCtx.Done():
 					return
diff --git a/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/BUILD.bazel
index 30c658808ec7f..34034000e12f4 100644
--- a/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/BUILD.bazel
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/errno",
         "//pkg/parser/model",
         "//pkg/testkit",
+        "//pkg/testkit/testfailpoint",
         "//pkg/testkit/testsetup",
         "//pkg/util/sqlexec",
         "@com_github_pingcap_failpoint//:failpoint",
diff --git a/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/pause_cancel_test.go b/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/pause_cancel_test.go
index c526eab013236..7f7f642c68913 100644
--- a/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/pause_cancel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ddl/tests/adminpause/pause_cancel_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/errno"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/parser/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/testkit"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/testkit/testfailpoint"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/sqlexec"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ func pauseAndCancelStmt(t *testing.T, stmtKit *testkit.TestKit, adminCommandKit
 	var isCancelled = &atomic.Bool{}
 	var cancelResultChn = make(chan []sqlexec.RecordSet, 1)
 	var cancelErrChn = make(chan error, 1)
-	var cancelFunc = func(jobType string) {
+	testfailpoint.EnableCall(t, "github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/ddl/beforeRefreshJob", func(*model.Job) {
 		Logger.Debug("pauseAndCancelStmt: OnGetJobBeforeExported, ",
 			zap.String("Expected Schema State", stmtCase.schemaState.String()))
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ func pauseAndCancelStmt(t *testing.T, stmtKit *testkit.TestKit, adminCommandKit
 
 			isCancelled.CompareAndSwap(false, true) // In case that it runs into this scope again and again
 		}
-	}
+	})
 	var verifyCancelResult = func(t *testing.T, adminCommandKit *testkit.TestKit) {
 		require.True(t, isCancelled.Load())
 
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ func pauseAndCancelStmt(t *testing.T, stmtKit *testkit.TestKit, adminCommandKit
 	originalHook := dom.DDL().GetHook()
 
 	hook.OnJobRunBeforeExported = pauseFunc
-	hook.OnGetJobBeforeExported = cancelFunc
 	dom.DDL().SetHook(hook.Clone())
 
 	isPaused.Store(false)
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func pauseAndCancelStmt(t *testing.T, stmtKit *testkit.TestKit, adminCommandKit
 
 	// Release the hook, so that we could run the `rollbackStmts` successfully.
 	dom.DDL().SetHook(originalHook)
+	testfailpoint.Disable(t, "github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/ddl/beforeRefreshJob")
 
 	for _, rollbackStmt := range stmtCase.rollbackStmts {
 		// no care about the result here, since the `statement` could have been cancelled OR finished successfully.
diff --git a/pkg/ddl/testutil/testutil.go b/pkg/ddl/testutil/testutil.go
index fb6e44df1c2fb..4b977654b7bd8 100644
--- a/pkg/ddl/testutil/testutil.go
+++ b/pkg/ddl/testutil/testutil.go
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ func TestMatchCancelState(t *testing.T, job *model.Job, cancelState any, sql str
 	switch v := cancelState.(type) {
 	case model.SchemaState:
 		if job.Type == model.ActionMultiSchemaChange {
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("unexpected multi-schema change(sql: %s, cancel state: %s)", sql, v)
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("unexpected multi-schema change(sql: %s, cancel state: %s, job: %s)", sql, v, job.String())
 			require.Failf(t, msg, "use []model.SchemaState as cancel states instead")
 			return false
 		}
 		return job.SchemaState == v
 	case SubStates: // For multi-schema change sub-jobs.
 		if job.MultiSchemaInfo == nil {
-			msg := fmt.Sprintf("not multi-schema change(sql: %s, cancel state: %v)", sql, v)
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("not multi-schema change(sql: %s, cancel state: %v, job: %s)", sql, v, job.String())
 			require.Failf(t, msg, "use model.SchemaState as the cancel state instead")
 			return false
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/testkit/testfailpoint/failpoint.go b/pkg/testkit/testfailpoint/failpoint.go
index eec483115a077..381b53c129c23 100644
--- a/pkg/testkit/testfailpoint/failpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/testkit/testfailpoint/failpoint.go
@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ func EnableCall(t testing.TB, name string, fn any) {
 		require.NoError(t, failpoint.Disable(name))
 	})
 }
+
+// Disable disables fail-point.
+func Disable(t testing.TB, name string) {
+	require.NoError(t, failpoint.Disable(name))
+}