diff --git a/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go b/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
index 3404bbfa25..0fa1110a85 100644
--- a/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
+++ b/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ func (w *CDCFlowWorkflowExecution) addCdcPropertiesSignalListener(
 	selector workflow.Selector,
 	state *CDCFlowWorkflowState,
 ) {
-	// add a signal to change CDC properties
 	cdcPropertiesSignalChan := model.CDCDynamicPropertiesSignal.GetSignalChannel(ctx)
 	cdcPropertiesSignalChan.AddToSelector(selector, func(cdcConfigUpdate *protos.CDCFlowConfigUpdate, more bool) {
 		// only modify for options since SyncFlow uses it
@@ -240,21 +239,11 @@ func (w *CDCFlowWorkflowExecution) addCdcPropertiesSignalListener(
 }
 
 func (w *CDCFlowWorkflowExecution) startSyncFlow(ctx workflow.Context, config *protos.FlowConnectionConfigs, options *protos.SyncFlowOptions) {
-	w.syncFlowFuture = workflow.ExecuteChildWorkflow(
-		ctx,
-		SyncFlowWorkflow,
-		config,
-		options,
-	)
+	w.syncFlowFuture = workflow.ExecuteChildWorkflow(ctx, SyncFlowWorkflow, config, options)
 }
 
 func (w *CDCFlowWorkflowExecution) startNormFlow(ctx workflow.Context, config *protos.FlowConnectionConfigs) {
-	w.normFlowFuture = workflow.ExecuteChildWorkflow(
-		ctx,
-		NormalizeFlowWorkflow,
-		config,
-		nil,
-	)
+	w.normFlowFuture = workflow.ExecuteChildWorkflow(ctx, NormalizeFlowWorkflow, config, nil)
 }
 
 func CDCFlowWorkflow(
@@ -499,6 +488,7 @@ func CDCFlowWorkflow(
 
 		if restart {
 			w.logger.Info("sync finished, finishing normalize")
+			w.syncFlowFuture = nil
 			_ = model.NormalizeSignal.SignalChildWorkflow(ctx, w.normFlowFuture, model.NormalizePayload{
 				Done:        true,
 				SyncBatchID: -1,
@@ -519,6 +509,7 @@ func CDCFlowWorkflow(
 
 		if restart {
 			w.logger.Info("normalize finished")
+			w.normFlowFuture = nil
 			finished = true
 		} else {
 			w.logger.Warn("normalize flow ended, restarting", slog.Any("error", err))
@@ -576,7 +567,9 @@ func CDCFlowWorkflow(
 	if !parallel {
 		normDoneChan := model.NormalizeDoneSignal.GetSignalChannel(ctx)
 		normDoneChan.AddToSelector(mainLoopSelector, func(x struct{}, _ bool) {
-			_ = model.NormalizeDoneSignal.SignalChildWorkflow(ctx, w.syncFlowFuture, x).Get(ctx, nil)
+			if w.syncFlowFuture != nil {
+				_ = model.NormalizeDoneSignal.SignalChildWorkflow(ctx, w.syncFlowFuture, x).Get(ctx, nil)
+			}
 		})
 	}