diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h
index 989adf84ac..7842077d88 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/inc/vmInt.h
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ typedef struct SVnodeMgmt {
   SSingleWorker         mgmtMultiWorker;
   SHashObj             *hash;
   SHashObj             *closedHash;
+  SHashObj             *creatingHash;
   TdThreadRwlock        lock;
+  TdThreadMutex         mutex;
   SVnodesStat           state;
   STfs                 *pTfs;
   TdThread              thread;
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ SVnodeObj *vmAcquireVnodeImpl(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId, bool strict);
 void       vmReleaseVnode(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SVnodeObj *pVnode);
 int32_t    vmOpenVnode(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SWrapperCfg *pCfg, SVnode *pImpl);
 void       vmCloseVnode(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SVnodeObj *pVnode, bool commitAndRemoveWal, bool keepClosed);
+void vmRemoveFromCreatingHash(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId);
 
 // vmHandle.c
 SArray *vmGetMsgHandles();
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ int32_t vmGetVnodeListFromFile(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SWrapperCfg **ppCfgs, int32_t
 int32_t vmWriteVnodeListToFile(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt);
 int32_t vmGetVnodeListFromHash(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t *numOfVnodes, SVnodeObj ***ppVnodes);
 int32_t vmGetAllVnodeListFromHash(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t *numOfVnodes, SVnodeObj ***ppVnodes);
+int32_t vmGetAllVnodeListFromHashWithCreating(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t *numOfVnodes, SVnodeObj ***ppVnodes);
 
 // vmWorker.c
 int32_t vmStartWorker(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt);
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmFile.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmFile.c
index 7566b69c02..b4453ad6fc 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmFile.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmFile.c
@@ -67,6 +67,54 @@ int32_t vmGetAllVnodeListFromHash(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t *numOfVnodes, SVnod
   return 0;
 }
 
+int32_t vmGetAllVnodeListFromHashWithCreating(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t *numOfVnodes, SVnodeObj ***ppVnodes) {
+  (void)taosThreadRwlockRdlock(&pMgmt->lock);
+
+  int32_t num = 0;
+  int32_t size = taosHashGetSize(pMgmt->hash);
+  int32_t creatingSize = taosHashGetSize(pMgmt->creatingHash);
+  size += creatingSize;
+  SVnodeObj **pVnodes = taosMemoryCalloc(size, sizeof(SVnodeObj *));
+  if (pVnodes == NULL) {
+    (void)taosThreadRwlockUnlock(&pMgmt->lock);
+    return terrno;
+  }
+
+  void *pIter = taosHashIterate(pMgmt->hash, NULL);
+  while (pIter) {
+    SVnodeObj **ppVnode = pIter;
+    SVnodeObj  *pVnode = *ppVnode;
+    if (pVnode && num < size) {
+      int32_t refCount = atomic_add_fetch_32(&pVnode->refCount, 1);
+      dTrace("vgId:%d,acquire vnode, vnode:%p, ref:%d", pVnode->vgId, pVnode, refCount);
+      pVnodes[num++] = (*ppVnode);
+      pIter = taosHashIterate(pMgmt->hash, pIter);
+    } else {
+      taosHashCancelIterate(pMgmt->hash, pIter);
+    }
+  }
+
+  pIter = taosHashIterate(pMgmt->creatingHash, NULL);
+  while (pIter) {
+    SVnodeObj **ppVnode = pIter;
+    SVnodeObj  *pVnode = *ppVnode;
+    if (pVnode && num < size) {
+      int32_t refCount = atomic_add_fetch_32(&pVnode->refCount, 1);
+      dTrace("vgId:%d, acquire vnode, vnode:%p, ref:%d", pVnode->vgId, pVnode, refCount);
+      pVnodes[num++] = (*ppVnode);
+      pIter = taosHashIterate(pMgmt->creatingHash, pIter);
+    } else {
+      taosHashCancelIterate(pMgmt->creatingHash, pIter);
+    }
+  }
+  (void)taosThreadRwlockUnlock(&pMgmt->lock);
+
+  *numOfVnodes = num;
+  *ppVnodes = pVnodes;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 int32_t vmGetVnodeListFromHash(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t *numOfVnodes, SVnodeObj ***ppVnodes) {
   (void)taosThreadRwlockRdlock(&pMgmt->lock);
 
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmHandle.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmHandle.c
index 006f44b349..90b3f0025d 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmHandle.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmHandle.c
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ int32_t vmProcessCreateVnodeReq(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
   if (vnodeCreate(path, &vnodeCfg, diskPrimary, pMgmt->pTfs) < 0) {
     dError("vgId:%d, failed to create vnode since %s", req.vgId, terrstr());
     vmReleaseVnode(pMgmt, pVnode);
+    vmRemoveFromCreatingHash(pMgmt, req.vgId);
     (void)tFreeSCreateVnodeReq(&req);
     code = terrno != 0 ? terrno : -1;
     return code;
@@ -422,6 +423,8 @@ int32_t vmProcessCreateVnodeReq(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SRpcMsg *pMsg) {
   }
 
 _OVER:
+  vmRemoveFromCreatingHash(pMgmt, req.vgId);
+
   if (code != 0) {
     int32_t r = 0;
     r = taosThreadRwlockWrlock(&pMgmt->lock);
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c
index 682c179270..2ee607949d 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 #include "vmInt.h"
 #include "libs/function/tudf.h"
+#include "osMemory.h"
 #include "tfs.h"
 #include "vnd.h"
 
@@ -62,10 +63,20 @@ int32_t vmAllocPrimaryDisk(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId) {
   int32_t     numOfVnodes = 0;
   SVnodeObj **ppVnodes = NULL;
 
-  code = vmGetVnodeListFromHash(pMgmt, &numOfVnodes, &ppVnodes);
+  code = taosThreadMutexLock(&pMgmt->mutex);
   if (code != 0) {
     return code;
   }
+
+  code = vmGetAllVnodeListFromHashWithCreating(pMgmt, &numOfVnodes, &ppVnodes);
+  if (code != 0) {
+    int32_t r = taosThreadMutexUnlock(&pMgmt->mutex);
+    if (r != 0) {
+      dError("vgId:%d, failed to unlock mutex since %s", vgId, tstrerror(r));
+    }
+    return code;
+  }
+
   for (int32_t v = 0; v < numOfVnodes; v++) {
     SVnodeObj *pVnode = ppVnodes[v];
     disks[pVnode->diskPrimary] += 1;
@@ -81,6 +92,51 @@ int32_t vmAllocPrimaryDisk(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId) {
     }
   }
 
+  SVnodeObj *pCreatingVnode = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SVnodeObj));
+  if (pCreatingVnode == NULL) {
+    code = -1;
+    if (terrno != 0) code = terrno;
+    dError("failed to alloc vnode since %s", tstrerror(code));
+    int32_t r = taosThreadMutexUnlock(&pMgmt->mutex);
+    if (r != 0) {
+      dError("vgId:%d, failed to unlock mutex since %s", vgId, tstrerror(r));
+    }
+    goto _OVER;
+  }
+  (void)memset(pCreatingVnode, 0, sizeof(SVnodeObj));
+
+  pCreatingVnode->vgId = vgId;
+  pCreatingVnode->diskPrimary = diskId;
+
+  code = taosThreadRwlockWrlock(&pMgmt->lock);
+  if (code != 0) {
+    int32_t r = taosThreadMutexUnlock(&pMgmt->mutex);
+    if (r != 0) {
+      dError("vgId:%d, failed to unlock mutex since %s", vgId, tstrerror(r));
+    }
+    taosMemoryFree(pCreatingVnode);
+    goto _OVER;
+  }
+
+  dTrace("vgId:%d, put vnode into creating hash, pCreatingVnode:%p", vgId, pCreatingVnode);
+  code = taosHashPut(pMgmt->creatingHash, &vgId, sizeof(int32_t), &pCreatingVnode, sizeof(SVnodeObj *));
+  if (code != 0) {
+    dError("vgId:%d, failed to put vnode to creatingHash", vgId);
+    taosMemoryFree(pCreatingVnode);
+  }
+
+  int32_t r = taosThreadRwlockUnlock(&pMgmt->lock);
+  if (r != 0) {
+    dError("vgId:%d, failed to unlock since %s", vgId, tstrerror(r));
+  }
+
+  code = taosThreadMutexUnlock(&pMgmt->mutex);
+  if (code != 0) {
+    goto _OVER;
+  }
+
+_OVER:
+
   for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfVnodes; ++i) {
     if (ppVnodes == NULL || ppVnodes[i] == NULL) continue;
     vmReleaseVnode(pMgmt, ppVnodes[i]);
@@ -89,8 +145,13 @@ int32_t vmAllocPrimaryDisk(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId) {
     taosMemoryFree(ppVnodes);
   }
 
-  dInfo("vgId:%d, alloc disk:%d of level 0. ndisk:%d, vnodes: %d", vgId, diskId, ndisk, numOfVnodes);
-  return diskId;
+  if (code != 0) {
+    dError("vgId:%d, failed to alloc disk since %s", vgId, tstrerror(code));
+    return code;
+  } else {
+    dInfo("vgId:%d, alloc disk:%d of level 0. ndisk:%d, vnodes: %d", vgId, diskId, ndisk, numOfVnodes);
+    return diskId;
+  }
 }
 
 SVnodeObj *vmAcquireVnodeImpl(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId, bool strict) {
@@ -216,12 +277,12 @@ void vmCloseVnode(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, SVnodeObj *pVnode, bool commitAndRemoveWal,
   }
   if (keepClosed) {
     SVnodeObj *pClosedVnode = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(SVnodeObj));
-    (void)memset(pClosedVnode, 0, sizeof(SVnodeObj));
-    if (pVnode == NULL) {
-      dError("vgId:%d, failed to alloc vnode since %s", pVnode->vgId, terrstr());
+    if (pClosedVnode == NULL) {
+      dError("failed to alloc vnode since %s", terrstr());
       (void)taosThreadRwlockUnlock(&pMgmt->lock);
       return;
     }
+    (void)memset(pClosedVnode, 0, sizeof(SVnodeObj));
 
     pClosedVnode->vgId = pVnode->vgId;
     pClosedVnode->dropped = pVnode->dropped;
@@ -427,11 +488,18 @@ static int32_t vmOpenVnodes(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt) {
 
   pMgmt->closedHash =
       taosHashInit(TSDB_MIN_VNODES, taosGetDefaultHashFunction(TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT), true, HASH_ENTRY_LOCK);
-  if (pMgmt->hash == NULL) {
+  if (pMgmt->closedHash == NULL) {
     dError("failed to init vnode closed hash since %s", terrstr());
     return TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   }
 
+  pMgmt->creatingHash =
+      taosHashInit(TSDB_MIN_VNODES, taosGetDefaultHashFunction(TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT), true, HASH_ENTRY_LOCK);
+  if (pMgmt->creatingHash == NULL) {
+    dError("failed to init vnode creatingHash hash since %s", terrstr());
+    return TSDB_CODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+  }
+
   SWrapperCfg *pCfgs = NULL;
   int32_t      numOfVnodes = 0;
   if (vmGetVnodeListFromFile(pMgmt, &pCfgs, &numOfVnodes) != 0) {
@@ -509,6 +577,30 @@ static int32_t vmOpenVnodes(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+void vmRemoveFromCreatingHash(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId) {
+  (void)taosThreadRwlockWrlock(&pMgmt->lock);
+  SVnodeObj *pOld = NULL;
+  int32_t    r = taosHashGetDup(pMgmt->creatingHash, &vgId, sizeof(int32_t), (void *)&pOld);
+  if (r != 0) {
+    dError("vgId:%d, failed to get vnode from creating Hash", vgId);
+  }
+  if (pOld) {
+    dTrace("vgId:%d, free vnode pOld:%p", vgId, &pOld);
+    vmFreeVnodeObj(&pOld);
+  }
+  dTrace("vgId:%d, remove from creating Hash", vgId);
+  r = taosHashRemove(pMgmt->creatingHash, &vgId, sizeof(int32_t));
+  if (r != 0) {
+    dError("vgId:%d, failed to remove vnode from hash", vgId);
+  }
+  (void)taosThreadRwlockUnlock(&pMgmt->lock);
+
+_OVER:
+  if (r != 0) {
+    dError("vgId:%d, failed to remove vnode from creatingHash since %s", vgId, tstrerror(r));
+  }
+}
+
 static void *vmCloseVnodeInThread(void *param) {
   SVnodeThread *pThread = param;
   SVnodeMgmt   *pMgmt = pThread->pMgmt;
@@ -614,6 +706,18 @@ static void vmCloseVnodes(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt) {
     pMgmt->closedHash = NULL;
   }
 
+  pIter = taosHashIterate(pMgmt->creatingHash, NULL);
+  while (pIter) {
+    SVnodeObj **ppVnode = pIter;
+    vmFreeVnodeObj(ppVnode);
+    pIter = taosHashIterate(pMgmt->creatingHash, pIter);
+  }
+
+  if (pMgmt->creatingHash != NULL) {
+    taosHashCleanup(pMgmt->creatingHash);
+    pMgmt->creatingHash = NULL;
+  }
+
   dInfo("total vnodes:%d are all closed", numOfVnodes);
 }
 
@@ -622,6 +726,7 @@ static void vmCleanup(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt) {
   vmStopWorker(pMgmt);
   vnodeCleanup();
   (void)taosThreadRwlockDestroy(&pMgmt->lock);
+  (void)taosThreadMutexDestroy(&pMgmt->mutex);
   (void)taosThreadMutexDestroy(&pMgmt->fileLock);
   taosMemoryFree(pMgmt);
 }
@@ -714,6 +819,12 @@ static int32_t vmInit(SMgmtInputOpt *pInput, SMgmtOutputOpt *pOutput) {
     goto _OVER;
   }
 
+  code = taosThreadMutexInit(&pMgmt->mutex, NULL);
+  if (code != 0) {
+    code = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
+    goto _OVER;
+  }
+
   code = taosThreadMutexInit(&pMgmt->fileLock, NULL);
   if (code != 0) {
     code = TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
diff --git a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
index 1e3975a556..ed842f6463 100644
--- a/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
+++ b/tests/parallel_test/cases.task
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/user_privilege_all.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/fsync.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/multilevel.py
+,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/multilevel_createdb.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/ttl.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/ttlChangeOnWrite.py
 ,,y,system-test,./pytest.sh python3 ./test.py -f 0-others/compress_tsz1.py
diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/multilevel_createdb.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/multilevel_createdb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70131a760b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/multilevel_createdb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+###################################################################
+#           Copyright (c) 2016 by TAOS Technologies, Inc.
+#                     All rights reserved.
+#
+#  This file is proprietary and confidential to TAOS Technologies.
+#  No part of this file may be reproduced, stored, transmitted,
+#  disclosed or used in any form or by any means other than as
+#  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
+#
+###################################################################
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+from util.log import *
+from util.cases import *
+from util.sql import *
+from util.common import *
+from util.sqlset import *
+import glob
+
+def scanFiles(pattern):
+    res = []
+    for f in glob.iglob(pattern):
+        res += [f]
+    return res
+
+def checkFiles(pattern, state):
+    res = scanFiles(pattern)
+    tdLog.info(res)
+    num = len(res)
+    if num:
+        if state:
+            tdLog.info("%s: %d files exist. expect: files exist" % (pattern, num))
+        else:
+            tdLog.exit("%s: %d files exist. expect: files not exist." % (pattern, num))
+    else:
+        if state:
+            tdLog.exit("%s: %d files exist. expect: files exist" % (pattern, num))
+        else:
+            tdLog.info("%s: %d files exist. expect: files not exist." % (pattern, num))
+
+class TDTestCase:
+    def init(self, conn, logSql, replicaVar=1):
+
+        self.replicaVar = int(replicaVar)
+        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
+        tdSql.init(conn.cursor())
+        self.setsql = TDSetSql()
+
+    def basic(self):
+        tdLog.info("============== basic test ===============")
+        cfg={
+            '/mnt/data1 0 1 0' : 'dataDir',
+            '/mnt/data2 0 0 0' : 'dataDir',
+            '/mnt/data3 0 0 0' : 'dataDir',
+            '/mnt/data4 0 0 0' : 'dataDir'
+        }
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data1')
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data2')
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data3')
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data4')
+
+        tdDnodes.stop(1)
+        tdDnodes.deploy(1,cfg)
+        tdDnodes.start(1)
+        
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data1/*/*',1)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data2/*/*',0)
+        
+        tdSql.execute('create database nws vgroups 20 stt_trigger 1 wal_level 1 wal_retention_period 0')
+
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data1/vnode/*/wal',5)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data2/vnode/*/wal',5)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data3/vnode/*/wal',5)
+        checkFiles(r'/mnt/data4/vnode/*/wal',5)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.basic()
+
+        
+
+
+    def stop(self):
+        tdSql.close()
+        tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)
+
+tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
+tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
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