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..5597d1358 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/import.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/import.go
@@ -194,11 +194,16 @@ func (importer *FileImporter) Import(file *backup.File, rewriteRules *RewriteRul
 			err1 = importer.ingestSST(downloadMeta, info)
 			// 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, info.Region.GetStartKey())
 				if err1 != nil {
 					break
 				}
-				err1 = importer.ingestSST(downloadMeta, info)
+				if !checkRegionEpoch(newInfo, info) {
+					err1 = errEpochNotMatch
+					break
+				}
+				err1 = importer.ingestSST(downloadMeta, newInfo)
 			}
 			if err1 != nil {
 				log.Error("ingest file failed",
@@ -308,6 +313,15 @@ 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 {