diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/BUILD.bazel b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/BUILD.bazel
index 95f344c2f3c9c..af57eeb6f7003 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/BUILD.bazel
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ go_test(
         "@com_github_stretchr_testify//require",
         "@com_github_tikv_client_go_v2//oracle",
         "@com_github_tikv_pd_client//:client",
+        "@com_github_tikv_pd_client//errs",
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//:grpc",
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//codes",
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//status",
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum.go b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum.go
index f001712844200..05df4e32c92c7 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum.go
@@ -328,12 +328,33 @@ func (e *TiKVChecksumManager) checksumDB(ctx context.Context, tableInfo *checkpo
 	return nil, err
 }
 
+var retryGetTSInterval = time.Second
+
 // Checksum implements the ChecksumManager interface.
 func (e *TiKVChecksumManager) Checksum(ctx context.Context, tableInfo *checkpoints.TidbTableInfo) (*RemoteChecksum, error) {
 	tbl := common.UniqueTable(tableInfo.DB, tableInfo.Name)
-	physicalTS, logicalTS, err := e.manager.pdClient.GetTS(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Annotate(err, "fetch tso from pd failed")
+	var (
+		physicalTS, logicalTS int64
+		err                   error
+		retryTime             int
+	)
+	physicalTS, logicalTS, err = e.manager.pdClient.GetTS(ctx)
+	for err != nil {
+		if !pd.IsLeaderChange(errors.Cause(err)) {
+			return nil, errors.Annotate(err, "fetch tso from pd failed")
+		}
+		retryTime++
+		if retryTime%60 == 0 {
+			log.FromContext(ctx).Warn("fetch tso from pd failed and retrying",
+				zap.Int("retryTime", retryTime),
+				zap.Error(err))
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			err = ctx.Err()
+		case <-time.After(retryGetTSInterval):
+			physicalTS, logicalTS, err = e.manager.pdClient.GetTS(ctx)
+		}
 	}
 	ts := oracle.ComposeTS(physicalTS, logicalTS)
 	if err := e.manager.addOneJob(ctx, tbl, ts); err != nil {
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum_test.go b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum_test.go
index eae3f7909e3eb..3506995514928 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/checksum_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/tikv/client-go/v2/oracle"
 	pd "github.com/tikv/pd/client"
+	"github.com/tikv/pd/client/errs"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
 
@@ -198,6 +199,18 @@ func TestDoChecksumWithTikv(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Zero(t, checksumExec.manager.currentTS)
 		require.Equal(t, 0, len(checksumExec.manager.tableGCSafeTS))
 	}
+
+	// test PD leader change error
+	backup := retryGetTSInterval
+	retryGetTSInterval = time.Millisecond
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		retryGetTSInterval = backup
+	})
+	pdClient.leaderChanging = true
+	kvClient.maxErrCount = 0
+	checksumExec := &TiKVChecksumManager{manager: newGCTTLManager(pdClient), client: kvClient}
+	_, err := checksumExec.Checksum(ctx, &TidbTableInfo{DB: "test", Name: "t", Core: tableInfo})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestDoChecksumWithErrorAndLongOriginalLifetime(t *testing.T) {
@@ -266,6 +279,7 @@ type testPDClient struct {
 	count            atomic.Int32
 	gcSafePoint      []safePointTTL
 	logicalTSCounter atomic.Uint64
+	leaderChanging   bool
 }
 
 func (c *testPDClient) currentSafePoint() uint64 {
@@ -282,6 +296,9 @@ func (c *testPDClient) currentSafePoint() uint64 {
 
 func (c *testPDClient) GetTS(ctx context.Context) (int64, int64, error) {
 	physicalTS := time.Now().UnixMilli()
+	if c.leaderChanging && physicalTS%2 == 0 {
+		return 0, 0, errors.WithStack(errs.ErrClientTSOStreamClosed)
+	}
 	logicalTS := oracle.ExtractLogical(c.logicalTSCounter.Inc())
 	return physicalTS, logicalTS, nil
 }