diff --git a/velox/common/memory/tests/SharedArbitratorTest.cpp b/velox/common/memory/tests/SharedArbitratorTest.cpp
index 0d1e0acf8b1de..ed14558403e39 100644
--- a/velox/common/memory/tests/SharedArbitratorTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/common/memory/tests/SharedArbitratorTest.cpp
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ class FakeMemoryReclaimer : public MemoryReclaimer {
     auto* driver = driverThreadCtx->driverCtx.driver;
     ASSERT_TRUE(driver != nullptr);
     if (driver->task()->enterSuspended(driver->state()) != StopReason::kNone) {
-      // There is no need for arbitration if the associated task has already
-      // terminated.
       VELOX_FAIL("Terminate detected when entering suspension");
     }
   }
@@ -331,17 +329,7 @@ class SharedArbitrationTest : public exec::test::HiveConnectorTestBase {
     options.memoryPoolInitCapacity = memoryPoolInitCapacity;
     options.memoryPoolTransferCapacity = memoryPoolTransferCapacity;
     options.checkUsageLeak = true;
-    options.arbitrationStateCheckCb = [](MemoryPool& pool) {
-      const auto* driverThreadCtx = driverThreadContext();
-      if (driverThreadCtx != nullptr) {
-        if (!driverThreadCtx->driverCtx.driver->state().isSuspended) {
-          LOG(ERROR)
-              << "false "
-              << driverThreadCtx->driverCtx.driver->state().toJsonString();
-        }
-        ASSERT_TRUE(driverThreadCtx->driverCtx.driver->state().isSuspended);
-      }
-    };
+    options.arbitrationStateCheckCb = driverArbitrationStateCheck;
     memoryManager_ = std::make_unique<MemoryManager>(options);
     ASSERT_EQ(memoryManager_->arbitrator()->kind(), "SHARED");
     arbitrator_ = static_cast<SharedArbitrator*>(memoryManager_->arbitrator());
diff --git a/velox/exec/Driver.cpp b/velox/exec/Driver.cpp
index 2053042577022..ab82a91528e63 100644
--- a/velox/exec/Driver.cpp
+++ b/velox/exec/Driver.cpp
@@ -828,6 +828,19 @@ std::string Driver::toJsonString() const {
   return folly::toPrettyJson(obj);
 }
 
+void driverArbitrationStateCheck(memory::MemoryPool& pool) {
+  const auto* driverThreadCtx = driverThreadContext();
+  if (driverThreadCtx != nullptr) {
+    Driver* driver = driverThreadCtx->driverCtx.driver;
+    if (!driver->state().isSuspended) {
+      VELOX_FAIL(
+          "Driver thread is not suspended under memory arbitration processing: {}, request memory pool: {}",
+          driver->toString(),
+          pool.name());
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 SuspendedSection::SuspendedSection(Driver* driver) : driver_(driver) {
   if (driver->task()->enterSuspended(driver->state()) != StopReason::kNone) {
     VELOX_FAIL("Terminate detected when entering suspended section");
diff --git a/velox/exec/Driver.h b/velox/exec/Driver.h
index e28fd3e4c6df7..2b11f8674ddb4 100644
--- a/velox/exec/Driver.h
+++ b/velox/exec/Driver.h
@@ -280,15 +280,15 @@ class Driver : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Driver> {
 
   void initializeOperatorStats(std::vector<OperatorStats>& stats);
 
-  // Close operators and add operator stats to the task.
+  /// Close operators and add operator stats to the task.
   void closeOperators();
 
-  // Returns true if all operators between the source and 'aggregation' are
-  // order-preserving and do not increase cardinality.
+  /// Returns true if all operators between the source and 'aggregation' are
+  /// order-preserving and do not increase cardinality.
   bool mayPushdownAggregation(Operator* aggregation) const;
 
-  // Returns a subset of channels for which there are operators upstream from
-  // filterSource that accept dynamically generated filters.
+  /// Returns a subset of channels for which there are operators upstream from
+  /// filterSource that accept dynamically generated filters.
   std::unordered_set<column_index_t> canPushdownFilters(
       const Operator* filterSource,
       const std::vector<column_index_t>& channels) const;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class Driver : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Driver> {
   /// Returns the Operator with 'operatorId' or nullptr if not found.
   Operator* findOperator(int32_t operatorId) const;
 
-  // Returns a list of all operators.
+  /// Returns a list of all operators.
   std::vector<Operator*> operators() const;
 
   std::string toString() const;
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ class Driver : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Driver> {
     return ctx_->task;
   }
 
-  // Updates the stats in Task and frees resources. Only called by Task for
-  // closing non-running Drivers.
+  /// Updates the stats in Task and frees resources. Only called by Task for
+  /// closing non-running Drivers.
   void closeByTask();
 
   BlockingReason blockingReason() const {
@@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ class Driver : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Driver> {
   // position in the pipeline.
   void pushdownFilters(int operatorIndex);
 
-  /// If 'trackOperatorCpuUsage_' is true, returns initialized timer object to
-  /// track cpu and wall time of an operation. Returns null otherwise.
-  /// The delta CpuWallTiming object would be passes to 'func' upon
-  /// destruction of the timer.
+  // If 'trackOperatorCpuUsage_' is true, returns initialized timer object to
+  // track cpu and wall time of an operation. Returns null otherwise.
+  // The delta CpuWallTiming object would be passes to 'func' upon
+  // destruction of the timer.
   template <typename F>
   std::unique_ptr<DeltaCpuWallTimer<F>> createDeltaCpuWallTimer(F&& func) {
     return trackOperatorCpuUsage_
@@ -397,6 +397,14 @@ class Driver : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Driver> {
   friend struct DriverFactory;
 };
 
+/// Callback used by memory arbitration to check if a driver thread under memory
+/// arbitration has been put in suspension state. This is to prevent arbitration
+/// deadlock as the arbitrator might reclaim memory from the task of the driver
+/// thread which is under arbitration. The task reclaim needs to wait for the
+/// drivers to go off thread. A suspended driver thread is not counted as
+/// running.
+void driverArbitrationStateCheck(memory::MemoryPool& pool);
+
 using OperatorSupplier = std::function<
     std::unique_ptr<Operator>(int32_t operatorId, DriverCtx* ctx)>;