diff --git a/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker.go b/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker.go
index b5cfc4a6c42..102fe84db11 100644
--- a/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker.go
+++ b/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/mvcc/mvccpb"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
 // EtcdWorker handles all interactions with Etcd
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ func (worker *EtcdWorker) Run(ctx context.Context, session *concurrency.Session,
 	}
 	lastReceivedEventTime := time.Now()
 
+	// tickRate represents the number of times EtcdWorker can tick
+	// the reactor per second
+	tickRate := time.Second / timerInterval
+	rl := rate.NewLimiter(rate.Limit(tickRate), 1)
 	for {
 		var response clientv3.WatchResponse
 		select {
@@ -137,7 +142,6 @@ func (worker *EtcdWorker) Run(ctx context.Context, session *concurrency.Session,
 			}
 		case response = <-watchCh:
 			// In this select case, we receive new events from Etcd, and call handleEvent if appropriate.
-
 			if err := response.Err(); err != nil {
 				return errors.Trace(err)
 			}
@@ -184,6 +188,15 @@ func (worker *EtcdWorker) Run(ctx context.Context, session *concurrency.Session,
 			if err := worker.applyUpdates(); err != nil {
 				return errors.Trace(err)
 			}
+
+			// If !rl.Allow(), skip this Tick to avoid etcd worker tick reactor too frequency.
+			// It make etcdWorker to batch etcd changed event in worker.state.
+			// The semantics of `ReactorState` requires that any implementation
+			// can batch updates internally.
+			if !rl.Allow() {
+				continue
+			}
+			// it is safe that a batch of updates has been applied to worker.state before worker.reactor.Tick
 			nextState, err := worker.reactor.Tick(ctx, worker.state)
 			if err != nil {
 				if !cerrors.ErrReactorFinished.Equal(errors.Cause(err)) {
diff --git a/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker_test.go b/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker_test.go
index 97e0b78fb40..db032e1e2ce 100644
--- a/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/orchestrator/etcd_worker_test.go
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ func (s *etcdWorkerSuite) TestEtcdSum(c *check.C) {
 type intReactorState struct {
 	val       int
 	isUpdated bool
+	lastVal   int
 }
 
 func (s *intReactorState) Update(key util.EtcdKey, value []byte, isInit bool) error {
@@ -290,6 +291,12 @@ func (s *intReactorState) Update(key util.EtcdKey, value []byte, isInit bool) er
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panic("intReactorState", zap.Error(err))
 	}
+	// As long as we can ensure that val is monotonically increasing,
+	// we can ensure that the linearizability of state changes
+	if s.lastVal > s.val {
+		log.Panic("linearizability check failed, lastVal must less than current val", zap.Int("lastVal", s.lastVal), zap.Int("val", s.val))
+	}
+	s.lastVal = s.val
 	s.isUpdated = !isInit
 	return nil
 }
@@ -299,17 +306,17 @@ func (s *intReactorState) GetPatches() [][]DataPatch {
 }
 
 type linearizabilityReactor struct {
-	state    *intReactorState
-	expected int
+	state     *intReactorState
+	tickCount int
 }
 
 func (r *linearizabilityReactor) Tick(ctx context.Context, state ReactorState) (nextState ReactorState, err error) {
 	r.state = state.(*intReactorState)
 	if r.state.isUpdated {
-		if r.state.val != r.expected {
-			log.Panic("linearizability check failed", zap.Int("expected", r.expected), zap.Int("actual", r.state.val))
+		if r.state.val < r.tickCount {
+			log.Panic("linearizability check failed, val must larger than tickCount", zap.Int("expected", r.tickCount), zap.Int("actual", r.state.val))
 		}
-		r.expected++
+		r.tickCount++
 	}
 	if r.state.val == 1999 {
 		return r.state, cerrors.ErrReactorFinished
@@ -335,8 +342,8 @@ func (s *etcdWorkerSuite) TestLinearizability(c *check.C) {
 	}
 
 	reactor, err := NewEtcdWorker(cli0, testEtcdKeyPrefix+"/lin", &linearizabilityReactor{
-		state:    nil,
-		expected: 999,
+		state:     nil,
+		tickCount: 999,
 	}, &intReactorState{
 		val:       0,
 		isUpdated: false,