diff --git a/src/framework/emqttb_group.erl b/src/framework/emqttb_group.erl
index 59e1adc..27c23a3 100644
--- a/src/framework/emqttb_group.erl
+++ b/src/framework/emqttb_group.erl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 -behavior(gen_server).
 
 %% API:
--export([ensure/1, stop/1, set_target/3, set_target_async/3, broadcast/2]).
+-export([ensure/1, stop/1, set_target/3, set_target_async/3, broadcast/2, report_dead_id/2]).
 
 %% gen_server callbacks:
 -export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, terminate/2, handle_info/2]).
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ broadcast(Group, Message) ->
     [],
     Group).
 
+%% @doc Add an expired ID to the pool
+-spec report_dead_id(emqttb:group(), integer()) -> true.
+report_dead_id(Group, Id) ->
+  ets:insert(dead_id_pool(Group), {Id, []}).
+
 %%================================================================================
 %% behavior callbacks
 %%================================================================================
@@ -129,6 +134,7 @@ init([Conf]) ->
       #{ id         => ID
        , group_conf => ConfID
        }),
+  ets:new(dead_id_pool(ID), [ordered_set, public, named_table]),
   StartN = maps:get(start_n, Conf, 0),
   persistent_term:put(?GROUP_LEADER_TO_GROUP_ID(self()), ID),
   persistent_term:put(?GROUP_BEHAVIOR(self()), Behavior),
@@ -272,10 +278,18 @@ do_scale(S0) ->
 
 scale_up(0, S) ->
   S;
-scale_up(NRepeats, S = #s{behavior = Behavior, id = _Id, next_id = WorkerId}) ->
+scale_up(NRepeats, S = #s{behavior = Behavior, id = Group}) ->
+  case ets:first(dead_id_pool(Group)) of
+    '$end_of_table' ->
+      WorkerId = S#s.next_id,
+      NextId = WorkerId + 1;
+    WorkerId when is_integer(WorkerId) ->
+      ets:delete(dead_id_pool(Group), WorkerId),
+      NextId = S#s.next_id
+  end,
   _Pid = emqttb_worker:start(Behavior, self(), WorkerId),
-  ?tp(start_worker, #{group => _Id, pid => _Pid}),
-  scale_up(NRepeats - 1, S#s{next_id = WorkerId + 1}).
+  ?tp(start_worker, #{group => Group, pid => _Pid}),
+  scale_up(NRepeats - 1, S#s{next_id = NextId}).
 
 scale_down(_N, S0) ->
   S0.
@@ -388,3 +402,6 @@ autoscale_error(Group) ->
 
 my_autorate(Group) ->
   list_to_atom(atom_to_list(Group) ++ "_autoscale").
+
+dead_id_pool(Group) ->
+  Group.
diff --git a/src/framework/emqttb_worker.erl b/src/framework/emqttb_worker.erl
index fa09564..c722673 100644
--- a/src/framework/emqttb_worker.erl
+++ b/src/framework/emqttb_worker.erl
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ terminate(State, Reason) ->
 
 -spec terminate(_Reason) -> no_return().
 terminate(Reason) ->
+  emqttb_group:report_dead_id(my_group(), my_id()),
   emqttb_metrics:counter_dec(?GROUP_N_WORKERS(my_group()), 1),
   ?tp(emqttb_worker_terminate, #{gl => group_leader(), number => my_id()}),
   exit(Reason).