diff --git a/velox/exec/TableScan.cpp b/velox/exec/TableScan.cpp
index 56355bb650f28..395049b27737b 100644
--- a/velox/exec/TableScan.cpp
+++ b/velox/exec/TableScan.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,28 @@ folly::dynamic TableScan::toJson() const {
   return ret;
 }
 
+bool TableScan::shouldYield(size_t startTimeMs) const {
+  // Check task-level yield signal, driver-level yield signal and table scan
+  // output processing time limit.
+  //
+  // NOTE: if the task is being paused, then we shall continue execution as we
+  // won't yield the driver thread but simply spinning (with on-thread time
+  // sleep) until the task has been resumed.
+  return (driverCtx_->task->shouldStop() == StopReason::kYield ||
+          driverCtx_->driver->shouldYield() ||
+          ((getOutputTimeLimitMs_ != 0) &&
+           (getCurrentTimeMs() - startTimeMs) >= getOutputTimeLimitMs_)) &&
+      !driverCtx_->task->pauseRequested();
+}
+
+bool TableScan::shouldStop() const {
+  const auto blockingReason = driverCtx_->task->shouldStop();
+  return blockingReason != StopReason::kNone &&
+      blockingReason != StopReason::kYield;
+}
+
 RowVectorPtr TableScan::getOutput() {
+  SuspendedSection suspendedSection(driverCtx_->driver);
   auto exitCurStatusGuard = folly::makeGuard([this]() { curStatus_ = ""; });
 
   if (noMoreSplits_) {
@@ -72,9 +93,7 @@ RowVectorPtr TableScan::getOutput() {
       // w/o producing a result. In this case we return with the Yield blocking
       // reason and an already fulfilled future.
       curStatus_ = "getOutput: task->shouldStop";
-      if ((driverCtx_->task->shouldStop() != StopReason::kNone) ||
-          ((getOutputTimeLimitMs_ != 0) &&
-           (getCurrentTimeMs() - startTimeMs) >= getOutputTimeLimitMs_)) {
+      if (shouldYield(startTimeMs) || shouldStop()) {
         blockingReason_ = BlockingReason::kYield;
         blockingFuture_ = ContinueFuture{folly::Unit{}};
         // A point for test code injection.
@@ -137,7 +156,7 @@ RowVectorPtr TableScan::getOutput() {
           connectorSplit->connectorId,
           "Got splits with different connector IDs");
 
-      if (!dataSource_) {
+      if (dataSource_ == nullptr) {
         curStatus_ = "getOutput: creating dataSource_";
         connectorQueryCtx_ = operatorCtx_->createConnectorQueryCtx(
             connectorSplit->connectorId, planNodeId(), connectorPool_);
@@ -162,7 +181,7 @@ RowVectorPtr TableScan::getOutput() {
            },
            &debugString_});
 
-      if (connectorSplit->dataSource) {
+      if (connectorSplit->dataSource != nullptr) {
         curStatus_ = "getOutput: preloaded split";
         ++numPreloadedSplits_;
         // The AsyncSource returns a unique_ptr to a shared_ptr. The unique_ptr
diff --git a/velox/exec/TableScan.h b/velox/exec/TableScan.h
index 5a846f8fa4bd4..3fd55aee82c5e 100644
--- a/velox/exec/TableScan.h
+++ b/velox/exec/TableScan.h
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ class TableScan : public SourceOperator {
   }
 
  private:
+  // Checks if this table scan operator needs to yield before processing the
+  // next split.
+  bool shouldYield(size_t startTimeMs) const;
+
+  // Checks if this table scan operator needs to stop because the task has been
+  // terminated.
+  bool shouldStop() const;
+
   // Sets 'maxPreloadSplits' and 'splitPreloader' if prefetching splits is
   // appropriate. The preloader will be applied to the 'first 'maxPreloadSplits'
   // of the Task's split queue for 'this' when getting splits.