diff --git a/drainer/util.go b/drainer/util.go
index 1d510de14..b86a50030 100644
--- a/drainer/util.go
+++ b/drainer/util.go
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	maxKafkaMsgSize = 1 << 30
-	maxGrpcMsgSize  = int(^uint(0) >> 1)
+	// max grpc message size, leave 4MB as buffer. Because when grpc decompresses messages, it will leave a few buffer
+	// for this, which overflows the int64: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/blob/v1.44.0/rpc_util.go#L742
+	maxGrpcMsgSize = int(^uint(0)>>1) - 4*1024*1024
 )
 
 // taskGroup is a wrapper of `sync.WaitGroup`.
diff --git a/pump/config.go b/pump/config.go
index ced2cfdd6..313cc6a9b 100644
--- a/pump/config.go
+++ b/pump/config.go
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultEtcdDialTimeout   = 5 * time.Second
-	defaultEtcdURLs          = "http://127.0.0.1:2379"
-	defaultListenAddr        = "127.0.0.1:8250"
-	defaultMaxMsgSize        = int(^uint(0) >> 1) // max grpc message size
+	defaultEtcdDialTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	defaultEtcdURLs        = "http://127.0.0.1:2379"
+	defaultListenAddr      = "127.0.0.1:8250"
+	// max grpc message size, leave 4MB as buffer. Because when grpc decompresses messages, it will leave a few buffer
+	// for this, which overflows the int64: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/blob/v1.44.0/rpc_util.go#L742
+	defaultMaxMsgSize        = int(^uint(0)>>1) - 4*1024*1024
 	defaultHeartbeatInterval = 2
 	defaultGC                = "7"
 	defaultDataDir           = "data.pump"
diff --git a/tests/cache_table/run.sh b/tests/cache_table/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48ae47eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cache_table/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+run_drainer --compressor gzip &
+
+sleep 3
+
+run_sql 'CREATE DATABASE cache_test;'
+run_sql 'CREATE TABLE cache_test.t1( a int, b varchar(128));'
+run_sql "INSERT INTO cache_test.t1 (a,b) VALUES(1,'a'),(2,'b'),(3,'c'),(4,'d');"
+run_sql "ALTER TABLE cache_test.t1 CACHE;"
+run_sql "INSERT INTO cache_test.t1 (a,b) VALUES(5,'e'),(6,'f'),(7,'g'),(8,'h');"
+run_sql "ALTER TABLE cache_test.t1 NOCACHE"
+
+sleep 3
+
+down_run_sql 'SELECT a, b FROM cache_test.t1 order by a'
+check_contains 'a: 7'
+check_contains 'b: g'
+check_contains 'a: 8'
+check_contains 'b: h'
+
+run_sql 'DROP DATABASE cache_test'
+
+killall drainer