diff --git a/ddl/ddl.go b/ddl/ddl.go
index 33f5f42836..465ffa004f 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl.go
@@ -357,13 +357,12 @@ func (d *ddl) start(ctx context.Context, ctxPool *pools.ResourcePool) {
 		terror.Log(errors.Trace(err))
 
 		d.workers = make(map[workerType]*worker, 2)
-		d.workers[generalWorker] = newWorker(generalWorker, 0, d.store, ctxPool)
-		d.workers[addIdxWorker] = newWorker(addIdxWorker, 1, d.store, ctxPool)
+		d.workers[generalWorker] = newWorker(generalWorker, d.store, ctxPool)
+		d.workers[addIdxWorker] = newWorker(addIdxWorker, d.store, ctxPool)
 		for _, worker := range d.workers {
 			worker.wg.Add(1)
 			go worker.start(d.ddlCtx)
-			// TODO: Add the type of DDL worker.
-			metrics.DDLCounter.WithLabelValues(metrics.CreateDDLWorker).Inc()
+			metrics.DDLCounter.WithLabelValues(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", metrics.CreateDDLWorker, worker.String())).Inc()
 
 			// When the start function is called, we will send a fake job to let worker
 			// checks owner firstly and try to find whether a job exists and run.
@@ -419,13 +418,6 @@ func (d *ddl) genGlobalID() (int64, error) {
 	return globalID, errors.Trace(err)
 }
 
-// generalWorker returns the general worker.
-// It's used for testing.
-// TODO: Remove this function.
-func (d *ddl) generalWorker() *worker {
-	return d.workers[generalWorker]
-}
-
 // SchemaSyncer implements DDL.SchemaSyncer interface.
 func (d *ddl) SchemaSyncer() SchemaSyncer {
 	return d.schemaSyncer
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_test.go b/ddl/ddl_test.go
index cc795ccae7..a366a758a9 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_test.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_test.go
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ func (d *ddl) SetInterceptoror(i Interceptor) {
 	d.mu.interceptor = i
 }
 
+// generalWorker returns the general worker.
+func (d *ddl) generalWorker() *worker {
+	return d.workers[generalWorker]
+}
+
 func TestT(t *testing.T) {
 	CustomVerboseFlag = true
 	logLevel := os.Getenv("log_level")
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_worker.go b/ddl/ddl_worker.go
index 9791e0ad16..2ed9d6cb48 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_worker.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_worker.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package ddl
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/juju/errors"
@@ -32,8 +33,12 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
-// RunWorker indicates if this TiDB server starts DDL worker and can run DDL job.
-var RunWorker = true
+var (
+	// RunWorker indicates if this TiDB server starts DDL worker and can run DDL job.
+	RunWorker = true
+	// ddlWorkerID is used for generating the next DDL worker ID.
+	ddlWorkerID = int32(0)
+)
 
 type workerType byte
 
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ const (
 // worker is used for handling DDL jobs.
 // Now we have two kinds of workers.
 type worker struct {
-	id       int
+	id       int32
 	tp       workerType
 	ddlJobCh chan struct{}
 	quitCh   chan struct{}
@@ -61,9 +66,9 @@ type worker struct {
 	delRangeManager delRangeManager
 }
 
-func newWorker(tp workerType, id int, store kv.Storage, ctxPool *pools.ResourcePool) *worker {
+func newWorker(tp workerType, store kv.Storage, ctxPool *pools.ResourcePool) *worker {
 	worker := &worker{
-		id:       id,
+		id:       atomic.AddInt32(&ddlWorkerID, 1),
 		tp:       tp,
 		ddlJobCh: make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		quitCh:   make(chan struct{}),