diff --git a/pkg/restore/backoff.go b/pkg/restore/backoff.go
index d614e0129..bd6699817 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/backoff.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/backoff.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	errNotLeader           = errors.NewNoStackError("not leader")
+	errEpochNotMatch       = errors.NewNoStackError("epoch not match")
 	errKeyNotInRegion      = errors.NewNoStackError("key not in region")
 	errResp                = errors.NewNoStackError("response error")
 	errRewriteRuleNotFound = errors.NewNoStackError("rewrite rule not found")
diff --git a/pkg/restore/import.go b/pkg/restore/import.go
index f036f62da..f905d0315 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/import.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/import.go
@@ -170,12 +170,11 @@ func (importer *FileImporter) Import(file *backup.File, rewriteRules *RewriteRul
 		log.Debug("scan regions", zap.Stringer("file", file), zap.Int("count", len(regionInfos)))
 		// Try to download and ingest the file in every region
 		for _, regionInfo := range regionInfos {
-			info := regionInfo
 			// Try to download file.
 			var downloadMeta *import_sstpb.SSTMeta
 			err1 = utils.WithRetry(importer.ctx, func() error {
 				var e error
-				downloadMeta, e = importer.downloadSST(info, file, rewriteRules)
+				downloadMeta, e = importer.downloadSST(regionInfo, file, rewriteRules)
 				return e
 			}, newDownloadSSTBackoffer())
 			if err1 != nil {
@@ -185,26 +184,31 @@ func (importer *FileImporter) Import(file *backup.File, rewriteRules *RewriteRul
 				}
 				log.Error("download file failed",
 					zap.Stringer("file", file),
-					zap.Stringer("region", info.Region),
+					zap.Stringer("region", regionInfo.Region),
 					zap.Binary("startKey", startKey),
 					zap.Binary("endKey", endKey),
 					zap.Error(err1))
 				return err1
 			}
-			err1 = importer.ingestSST(downloadMeta, info)
+			err1 = importer.ingestSST(downloadMeta, regionInfo)
 			// If error is `NotLeader`, update the region info and retry
 			for err1 == errNotLeader {
-				info, err1 = importer.metaClient.GetRegion(ctx, info.Region.GetStartKey())
+				var newInfo *RegionInfo
+				newInfo, err1 = importer.metaClient.GetRegion(ctx, regionInfo.Region.GetStartKey())
 				if err1 != nil {
 					break
 				}
-				err1 = importer.ingestSST(downloadMeta, info)
+				if !checkRegionEpoch(newInfo, regionInfo) {
+					err1 = errEpochNotMatch
+					break
+				}
+				err1 = importer.ingestSST(downloadMeta, newInfo)
 			}
 			if err1 != nil {
 				log.Error("ingest file failed",
 					zap.Stringer("file", file),
 					zap.Stringer("range", downloadMeta.GetRange()),
-					zap.Stringer("region", info.Region),
+					zap.Stringer("region", regionInfo.Region),
 					zap.Error(err1))
 				return err1
 			}
@@ -308,6 +312,15 @@ func (importer *FileImporter) ingestSST(
 	return nil
 }
 
+func checkRegionEpoch(new, old *RegionInfo) bool {
+	if new.Region.GetId() == old.Region.GetId() &&
+		new.Region.GetRegionEpoch().GetVersion() == old.Region.GetRegionEpoch().GetVersion() &&
+		new.Region.GetRegionEpoch().GetConfVer() == old.Region.GetRegionEpoch().GetConfVer() {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func extractDownloadSSTError(e error) error {
 	err := errGrpc
 	switch {