diff --git a/cdc/capture/capture.go b/cdc/capture/capture.go
index 848df79ca10..6f9162f726a 100644
--- a/cdc/capture/capture.go
+++ b/cdc/capture/capture.go
@@ -182,13 +182,12 @@ func (c *captureImpl) GetEtcdClient() etcd.CDCEtcdClient {
 func (c *captureImpl) reset(ctx context.Context) error {
 	lease, err := c.EtcdClient.GetEtcdClient().Grant(ctx, int64(c.config.CaptureSessionTTL))
 	if err != nil {
-		return cerror.WrapError(cerror.ErrNewCaptureFailed, err)
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	sess, err := concurrency.NewSession(
-		c.EtcdClient.GetEtcdClient().Unwrap(),
-		concurrency.WithLease(lease.ID))
+		c.EtcdClient.GetEtcdClient().Unwrap(), concurrency.WithLease(lease.ID))
 	if err != nil {
-		return cerror.WrapError(cerror.ErrNewCaptureFailed, err)
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 
 	c.captureMu.Lock()
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ func (c *captureImpl) reset(ctx context.Context) error {
 	c.upstreamManager = upstream.NewManager(ctx, c.EtcdClient.GetGCServiceID())
 	_, err = c.upstreamManager.AddDefaultUpstream(c.pdEndpoints, c.config.Security)
 	if err != nil {
-		return cerror.WrapError(cerror.ErrNewCaptureFailed, err)
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 
 	c.processorManager = c.newProcessorManager(
@@ -262,18 +261,23 @@ func (c *captureImpl) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 			}
 			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
-		err = c.reset(ctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Error("reset capture failed", zap.Error(err))
-			return errors.Trace(err)
-		}
 		err = c.run(ctx)
 		// if capture suicided, reset the capture and run again.
 		// if the canceled error throw, there are two possible scenarios:
-		//   1. the internal context canceled, it means some error happened in the internal, and the routine is exited, we should restart the capture
-		//   2. the parent context canceled, it means that the caller of the capture hope the capture to exit, and this loop will return in the above `select` block
-		// TODO: make sure the internal cancel should return the real error instead of context.Canceled
-		if cerror.ErrCaptureSuicide.Equal(err) || context.Canceled == errors.Cause(err) {
+		//   1. the internal context canceled, it means some error happened in
+		//      the internal, and the routine is exited, we should restart
+		//      the capture.
+		//   2. the parent context canceled, it means that the caller of
+		//      the capture hope the capture to exit, and this loop will return
+		//      in the above `select` block.
+		// if there are some **internal** context deadline exceeded (IO/network
+		// timeout), reset the capture and run again.
+		//
+		// TODO: make sure the internal cancel should return the real error
+		//       instead of context.Canceled.
+		if cerror.ErrCaptureSuicide.Equal(err) ||
+			context.Canceled == errors.Cause(err) ||
+			context.DeadlineExceeded == errors.Cause(err) {
 			log.Info("capture recovered", zap.String("captureID", c.info.ID))
 			continue
 		}
@@ -282,7 +286,13 @@ func (c *captureImpl) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (c *captureImpl) run(stdCtx context.Context) error {
-	err := c.register(stdCtx)
+	err := c.reset(stdCtx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("reset capture failed", zap.Error(err))
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	err = c.register(stdCtx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cdc/capture/capture_test.go b/cdc/capture/capture_test.go
index 97b8309ee09..1fba45a5a3e 100644
--- a/cdc/capture/capture_test.go
+++ b/cdc/capture/capture_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	cdcContext "github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/context"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/etcd"
 	mock_etcd "github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/etcd/mock"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/logutil"
 	clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
@@ -77,6 +78,55 @@ func TestReset(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
+type mockEtcdClient struct {
+	etcd.CDCEtcdClient
+	clientv3.Lease
+	called chan struct{}
+}
+
+func (m *mockEtcdClient) GetEtcdClient() *etcd.Client {
+	cli := &clientv3.Client{Lease: m}
+	return etcd.Wrap(cli, map[string]prometheus.Counter{})
+}
+
+func (m *mockEtcdClient) Grant(_ context.Context, _ int64) (*clientv3.LeaseGrantResponse, error) {
+	select {
+	case m.called <- struct{}{}:
+	default:
+	}
+	return nil, context.DeadlineExceeded
+}
+
+func TestRetryInternalContextDeadlineExceeded(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+
+	called := make(chan struct{}, 2)
+	cp := NewCapture4Test(nil)
+	// In the current implementation, the first RPC is grant.
+	// the mock client always retry DeadlineExceeded for the RPC.
+	cp.EtcdClient = &mockEtcdClient{called: called}
+
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		errCh <- cp.Run(ctx)
+	}()
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	// Waiting for Grant to be called.
+	<-called
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	// Make sure it retrys
+	<-called
+
+	// Do not retry context canceled.
+	cancel()
+	select {
+	case err := <-errCh:
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		require.Fail(t, "timeout")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	cp := NewCapture4Test(nil)
 	cp.info = nil
diff --git a/cdc/server/server.go b/cdc/server/server.go
index 124f1499863..bb9a7d846a6 100644
--- a/cdc/server/server.go
+++ b/cdc/server/server.go
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ func (s *server) prepare(ctx context.Context) error {
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return cerror.WrapError(cerror.ErrNewCaptureFailed, err)
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 
 	cdcEtcdClient, err := etcd.NewCDCEtcdClient(ctx, etcdCli, conf.ClusterID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return cerror.WrapError(cerror.ErrNewCaptureFailed, err)
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	s.etcdClient = cdcEtcdClient
 
diff --git a/errors.toml b/errors.toml
index ee09e9ca3d6..4b867eac131 100755
--- a/errors.toml
+++ b/errors.toml
@@ -526,11 +526,6 @@ error = '''
 MySQL worker panic
 '''
 
-["CDC:ErrNewCaptureFailed"]
-error = '''
-new capture failed
-'''
-
 ["CDC:ErrNewSemVersion"]
 error = '''
 create sem version
diff --git a/pkg/errors/cdc_errors.go b/pkg/errors/cdc_errors.go
index d4622d20888..1bb7a1447ab 100644
--- a/pkg/errors/cdc_errors.go
+++ b/pkg/errors/cdc_errors.go
@@ -499,10 +499,6 @@ var (
 		"capture suicide",
 		errors.RFCCodeText("CDC:ErrCaptureSuicide"),
 	)
-	ErrNewCaptureFailed = errors.Normalize(
-		"new capture failed",
-		errors.RFCCodeText("CDC:ErrNewCaptureFailed"),
-	)
 	ErrCaptureRegister = errors.Normalize(
 		"capture register to etcd failed",
 		errors.RFCCodeText("CDC:ErrCaptureRegister"),