diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/engine/workflow/serial/WorkflowSerialCoordinator.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/engine/workflow/serial/WorkflowSerialCoordinator.java
index 5bd42d020c28..a11223c45b2e 100644
--- a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/engine/workflow/serial/WorkflowSerialCoordinator.java
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/main/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/engine/workflow/serial/WorkflowSerialCoordinator.java
@@ -169,7 +169,20 @@ private SerialCommandsGroup createSerialCommandsGroup(SerialCommandDto serialCom
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void close() {
+    public synchronized void close() {
+        if (!flag) {
+            log.warn("WorkflowSerialCoordinator is already closed");
+            return;
+        }
         flag = false;
+        try {
+            if (internalThread != null) {
+                internalThread.interrupt();
+            }
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            log.error("Close internalThread failed", ex);
+        }
+        internalThread = null;
+        log.info("WorkflowSerialCoordinator closed");
     }
 }
diff --git a/dolphinscheduler-master/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/engine/workflow/serial/WorkflowSerialCoordinatorTest.java b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/engine/workflow/serial/WorkflowSerialCoordinatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cac58146efcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dolphinscheduler-master/src/test/java/org/apache/dolphinscheduler/server/master/engine/workflow/serial/WorkflowSerialCoordinatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.dolphinscheduler.server.master.engine.workflow.serial;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.SerialCommandDao;
+import org.apache.dolphinscheduler.dao.repository.WorkflowDefinitionLogDao;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
+import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+@MockitoSettings(strictness = Strictness.LENIENT)
+class WorkflowSerialCoordinatorTest {
+
+    @InjectMocks
+    private WorkflowSerialCoordinator workflowSerialCoordinator;
+
+    @Mock
+    private SerialCommandDao serialCommandDao;
+
+    @Mock
+    private WorkflowDefinitionLogDao workflowDefinitionLogDao;
+
+    @Mock
+    private SerialCommandWaitHandler serialCommandWaitHandler;
+
+    @Mock
+    private SerialCommandDiscardHandler serialCommandDiscardHandler;
+
+    @Mock
+    private SerialCommandPriorityHandler serialCommandPriorityHandler;
+
+    @Test
+    void startWhenAlreadyStartedShouldThrow() {
+        workflowSerialCoordinator.start();
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> workflowSerialCoordinator.start());
+        workflowSerialCoordinator.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void startAfterCloseShouldNotThrow() {
+        // The master hands the coordinator role back and forth without restarting the
+        // JVM -- MasterCoordinatorListener calls close() on changeToStandBy() and
+        // start() on changeToActive() against this same instance -- so the coordinator
+        // has to be restartable in place. Before the fix, close() left internalThread
+        // set and this second start() threw "InternalThread is already started".
+        workflowSerialCoordinator.start();
+        workflowSerialCoordinator.close();
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> workflowSerialCoordinator.start());
+        workflowSerialCoordinator.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void closeShouldBeIdempotent() {
+        workflowSerialCoordinator.start();
+        workflowSerialCoordinator.close();
+
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> workflowSerialCoordinator.close());
+    }
+}