diff --git a/pkg/domain/resourcegroup/runaway.go b/pkg/domain/resourcegroup/runaway.go
index 87c26bf5ff813..266927af8f767 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/resourcegroup/runaway.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/resourcegroup/runaway.go
@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ func (rm *RunawayManager) MarkSyncerInitialized() {
 	rm.syncerInitialized.Store(true)
 }
 
+// IsSyncerInitialized is used to check whether the syncer is initialized.
+func (rm *RunawayManager) IsSyncerInitialized() bool {
+	return rm.syncerInitialized.Load()
+}
+
 // DeriveChecker derives a RunawayChecker from the given resource group
 func (rm *RunawayManager) DeriveChecker(resourceGroupName, originalSQL, sqlDigest, planDigest string) *RunawayChecker {
 	group, err := rm.resourceGroupCtl.GetResourceGroup(resourceGroupName)
@@ -262,6 +267,10 @@ func (rm *RunawayManager) DeriveChecker(resourceGroupName, originalSQL, sqlDiges
 		logutil.BgLogger().Warn("cannot setup up runaway checker", zap.Error(err))
 		return nil
 	}
+	// Only check the normal statement.
+	if len(planDigest) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
 	rm.activeLock.RLock()
 	defer rm.activeLock.RUnlock()
 	if group.RunawaySettings == nil && rm.activeGroup[resourceGroupName] == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/BUILD.bazel
index a562d80683d32..b94749fbdc27e 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/BUILD.bazel
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/meta/autoid",
         "//pkg/testkit",
         "//pkg/testkit/testsetup",
+        "@com_github_pingcap_failpoint//:failpoint",
         "@com_github_stretchr_testify//require",
         "@com_github_tikv_client_go_v2//tikv",
         "@org_uber_go_goleak//:goleak",
diff --git a/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/query_watch_test.go b/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/query_watch_test.go
index f47160c27c397..adb64091a19f5 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/query_watch_test.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/internal/querywatch/query_watch_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pingcap/failpoint"
 	mysql "github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/errno"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/testkit"
@@ -132,3 +133,22 @@ func TestQueryWatch(t *testing.T) {
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	tk.MustGetErrCode("select * from test.t1", mysql.ErrResourceGroupQueryRunawayQuarantine)
 }
+
+func TestQueryWatchIssue56897(t *testing.T) {
+	require.NoError(t, failpoint.Enable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/resourcegroup/runaway/FastRunawayGC", `return(true)`))
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, failpoint.Disable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/resourcegroup/runaway/FastRunawayGC"))
+	}()
+	store, dom := testkit.CreateMockStoreAndDomain(t)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		return dom.RunawayManager().IsSyncerInitialized()
+	}, 20*time.Second, 300*time.Millisecond)
+	tk.MustQuery("QUERY WATCH ADD ACTION KILL SQL TEXT SIMILAR TO 'use test';").Check((testkit.Rows("1")))
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	_, err := tk.Exec("use test")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	_, err = tk.Exec("use mysql")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+}