diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go
index cc88fd6a89483..d1df848bef107 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func NewLocalBackend(
 		return backend.MakeBackend(nil), common.ErrCreateKVClient.Wrap(err).GenWithStackByArgs()
 	}
 	rpcCli := tikvclient.NewRPCClient(tikvclient.WithSecurity(tls.ToTiKVSecurityConfig()))
-	pdCliForTiKV := &tikvclient.CodecPDClient{Client: pdCtl.GetPDClient()}
+	pdCliForTiKV := tikvclient.NewCodecPDClient(tikvclient.ModeTxn, pdCtl.GetPDClient())
 	tikvCli, err := tikvclient.NewKVStore("lightning-local-backend", pdCliForTiKV, spkv, rpcCli)
 	if err != nil {
 		return backend.MakeBackend(nil), common.ErrCreateKVClient.Wrap(err).GenWithStackByArgs()