diff --git a/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go b/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
index 16b8ce3dbac58..08cfebe1ef7e0 100644
--- a/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
+++ b/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func pdRequest(
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", u, prefix)
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, reqURL, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
@@ -152,6 +153,19 @@ func pdRequest(
 	}
 	count := 0
 	for {
+=======
+	var (
+		req  *http.Request
+		resp *http.Response
+	)
+	count := 0
+	for {
+		req, err = http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, reqURL, body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+		resp, err = cli.Do(req) //nolint:bodyclose
+>>>>>>> b9b336843bc (lightning: every HTTP retry should use its own request (#47959))
 		count++
 		if count > pdRequestRetryTime || resp.StatusCode < 500 {
 			break
diff --git a/br/pkg/pdutil/pd_serial_test.go b/br/pkg/pdutil/pd_serial_test.go
index 05f0d34aa2ef2..9d9afc5ec89cd 100644
--- a/br/pkg/pdutil/pd_serial_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/pdutil/pd_serial_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package pdutil
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -183,8 +184,16 @@ func TestPDRequestRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	}))
 	cli := http.DefaultClient
+	cli.Transport = http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport).Clone()
+	// although the real code doesn't disable keep alive, we need to disable it
+	// in test to avoid the connection being reused and #47930 can't appear. The
+	// real code will only meet #47930 when go's internal http client just dropped
+	// all idle connections.
+	cli.Transport.(*http.Transport).DisableKeepAlives = true
+
 	taddr := ts.URL
-	_, reqErr := pdRequest(ctx, taddr, "", cli, http.MethodGet, nil)
+	body := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte("test"))
+	_, reqErr := pdRequest(ctx, taddr, "", cli, http.MethodPost, body)
 	require.NoError(t, reqErr)
 	ts.Close()
 	count = 0