diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/frame/channel/ReadableInputStreamFrameChannel.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/frame/channel/ReadableInputStreamFrameChannel.java
index d804e9d1cbb..f06302b4920 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/frame/channel/ReadableInputStreamFrameChannel.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/frame/channel/ReadableInputStreamFrameChannel.java
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ public class ReadableInputStreamFrameChannel implements ReadableFrameChannel
 
   private volatile boolean keepReading = true;
 
+  private final Object readMonitor = new Object();
+
   private final ExecutorService executorService;
 
   /**
@@ -152,7 +154,11 @@ public class ReadableInputStreamFrameChannel implements ReadableFrameChannel
       while (true) {
         if (!keepReading) {
           try {
-            Thread.sleep(nextRetrySleepMillis(nTry));
+            synchronized (readMonitor) {
+              if (!keepReading) {
+                readMonitor.wait(nextRetrySleepMillis(nTry));
+              }
+            }
             synchronized (lock) {
               if (inputStreamFinished || inputStreamError || delegate.isErrorOrFinished()) {
                 return;
@@ -186,7 +192,15 @@ public class ReadableInputStreamFrameChannel implements ReadableFrameChannel
                 totalInputStreamBytesRead += bytesRead;
                 if (backpressureFuture != null) {
                   keepReading = false;
-                  backpressureFuture.addListener(() -> keepReading = true, Execs.directExecutor());
+                  backpressureFuture.addListener(
+                      () -> {
+                        synchronized (readMonitor) {
+                          keepReading = true;
+                          readMonitor.notify();
+                        }
+                      },
+                      Execs.directExecutor()
+                  );
                 } else {
                   keepReading = true;
                   // continue adding data to delegate