diff --git a/br/pkg/pdutil/BUILD.bazel b/br/pkg/pdutil/BUILD.bazel
index b9b42e7d534b0..779a6959bfa08 100644
--- a/br/pkg/pdutil/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/br/pkg/pdutil/BUILD.bazel
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ go_library(
         "@com_github_pingcap_log//:log",
         "@com_github_tikv_pd_client//:client",
         "@com_github_tikv_pd_client//http",
+        "@com_github_tikv_pd_client//retry",
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//:grpc",
         "@org_uber_go_zap//:zap",
     ],
diff --git a/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go b/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
index 84174029929c6..8903f8236a747 100644
--- a/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
+++ b/br/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func NewPdController(
 		pdHTTPCliConfig = append(pdHTTPCliConfig, pdhttp.WithTLSConfig(tlsConf))
 	}
 	pdHTTPCli := pdhttp.NewClient("br/lightning PD controller", addrs, pdHTTPCliConfig...).
-		WithBackoffer(retry.InitialBackoffer(time.Second, time.Second, PDRequestRetryTime))
+		WithBackoffer(retry.InitialBackoffer(time.Second, time.Second, PDRequestRetryTime*time.Second))
 	return &PdController{
 		addrs:     processedAddrs,
 		cli:       cli,