diff --git a/client/timerpool/pool.go b/client/timerpool/pool.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28ffacfc629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/timerpool/pool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Note: This file is copied from https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/276133
+
+package timerpool
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// GlobalTimerPool is a global pool for reusing *time.Timer.
+var GlobalTimerPool TimerPool
+
+// TimerPool is a wrapper of sync.Pool which caches *time.Timer for reuse.
+type TimerPool struct {
+	pool sync.Pool
+}
+
+// Get returns a timer with a given duration.
+func (tp *TimerPool) Get(d time.Duration) *time.Timer {
+	if v := tp.pool.Get(); v != nil {
+		timer := v.(*time.Timer)
+		timer.Reset(d)
+		return timer
+	}
+	return time.NewTimer(d)
+}
+
+// Put tries to call timer.Stop() before putting it back into pool,
+// if the timer.Stop() returns false (it has either already expired or been stopped),
+// have a shot at draining the channel with residual time if there is one.
+func (tp *TimerPool) Put(timer *time.Timer) {
+	if !timer.Stop() {
+		select {
+		case <-timer.C:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+	tp.pool.Put(timer)
+}
diff --git a/client/timerpool/pool_test.go b/client/timerpool/pool_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6dffc723a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/timerpool/pool_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Note: This file is copied from https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/276133
+
+package timerpool
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestTimerPool(t *testing.T) {
+	var tp TimerPool
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		timer := tp.Get(20 * time.Millisecond)
+
+		select {
+		case <-timer.C:
+			t.Errorf("timer expired too early")
+			continue
+		default:
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+			t.Errorf("timer didn't expire on time")
+		case <-timer.C:
+		}
+
+		tp.Put(timer)
+	}
+}
+
+const timeout = 10 * time.Millisecond
+
+func BenchmarkTimerUtilization(b *testing.B) {
+	b.Run("TimerWithPool", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			t := GlobalTimerPool.Get(timeout)
+			GlobalTimerPool.Put(t)
+		}
+	})
+	b.Run("TimerWithoutPool", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			t := time.NewTimer(timeout)
+			t.Stop()
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTimerPoolParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			t := GlobalTimerPool.Get(timeout)
+			GlobalTimerPool.Put(t)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkTimerNativeParallel(b *testing.B) {
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			t := time.NewTimer(timeout)
+			t.Stop()
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/client/tso_dispatcher.go b/client/tso_dispatcher.go
index d29e9004ea6..0200d7deba9 100644
--- a/client/tso_dispatcher.go
+++ b/client/tso_dispatcher.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/log"
 	"github.com/tikv/pd/client/errs"
 	"github.com/tikv/pd/client/grpcutil"
+	"github.com/tikv/pd/client/timerpool"
 	"github.com/tikv/pd/client/tsoutil"
-	"github.com/tikv/pd/pkg/timerpool"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
diff --git a/pkg/keyspace/keyspace.go b/pkg/keyspace/keyspace.go
index adcb0be3106..a763cafd422 100644
--- a/pkg/keyspace/keyspace.go
+++ b/pkg/keyspace/keyspace.go
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ func (manager *Manager) splitKeyspaceRegion(id uint32, waitRegionSplit bool) (er
 				if region == nil || !bytes.Equal(region.GetStartKey(), txnRightBound) {
 					continue
 				}
+				// Note: we reset the ticker here to support updating configuration dynamically.
+				ticker.Reset(manager.config.GetCheckRegionSplitInterval())
 			case <-timer.C:
 				log.Warn("[keyspace] wait region split timeout",
 					zap.Uint32("keyspace-id", id),
diff --git a/pkg/schedule/coordinator.go b/pkg/schedule/coordinator.go
index d0dbec3183d..a14a0ff556a 100644
--- a/pkg/schedule/coordinator.go
+++ b/pkg/schedule/coordinator.go
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ func (c *Coordinator) PatrolRegions() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ticker.C:
+			// Note: we reset the ticker here to support updating configuration dynamically.
+			ticker.Reset(c.cluster.GetOpts().GetPatrolRegionInterval())
 		case <-c.ctx.Done():
 			log.Info("patrol regions has been stopped")
 			return
@@ -860,7 +862,8 @@ func (c *Coordinator) runScheduler(s *scheduleController) {
 				added := c.opController.AddWaitingOperator(op...)
 				log.Debug("add operator", zap.Int("added", added), zap.Int("total", len(op)), zap.String("scheduler", s.Scheduler.GetName()))
 			}
-
+			// Note: we reset the ticker here to support updating configuration dynamically.
+			ticker.Reset(s.GetInterval())
 		case <-s.Ctx().Done():
 			log.Info("scheduler has been stopped",
 				zap.String("scheduler-name", s.Scheduler.GetName()),
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 36637c753ae..355dd834f35 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -1680,6 +1680,8 @@ func (s *Server) etcdLeaderLoop() {
 		select {
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			s.member.CheckPriority(ctx)
+			// Note: we reset the ticker here to support updating configuration dynamically.
+			ticker.Reset(s.cfg.LeaderPriorityCheckInterval.Duration)
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			log.Info("server is closed, exit etcd leader loop")
 			return