diff --git a/distsql/select_result.go b/distsql/select_result.go
index 797c977e68f57..db2ed3680596c 100644
--- a/distsql/select_result.go
+++ b/distsql/select_result.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package distsql
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
@@ -25,8 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/types"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/chunk"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/codec"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/logutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/memory"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tipb/go-tipb"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
@@ -80,6 +83,12 @@ func (r *selectResult) Fetch(ctx context.Context) {
 func (r *selectResult) fetch(ctx context.Context) {
 	startTime := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
+		if c := recover(); c != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("%v", c)
+			logutil.Logger(ctx).Error("OOM", zap.Error(err))
+			r.results <- resultWithErr{err: err}
+		}
+
 		close(r.results)
 		duration := time.Since(startTime)
 		metrics.DistSQLQueryHistgram.WithLabelValues(r.label, r.sqlType).Observe(duration.Seconds())
diff --git a/store/tikv/coprocessor.go b/store/tikv/coprocessor.go
index 2e1a1b021bf03..903dfd5ba4b91 100644
--- a/store/tikv/coprocessor.go
+++ b/store/tikv/coprocessor.go
@@ -545,8 +545,8 @@ func (sender *copIteratorTaskSender) sendToTaskCh(t *copTask) (exit bool) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (worker *copIteratorWorker) sendToRespCh(resp *copResponse, respCh chan<- *copResponse) (exit bool) {
-	if worker.memTracker != nil {
+func (worker *copIteratorWorker) sendToRespCh(resp *copResponse, respCh chan<- *copResponse, checkOOM bool) (exit bool) {
+	if worker.memTracker != nil && checkOOM {
 		worker.memTracker.Consume(int64(resp.MemSize()))
 	}
 	select {
@@ -607,12 +607,24 @@ func (it *copIterator) Next(ctx context.Context) (kv.ResultSubset, error) {
 
 // handleTask handles single copTask, sends the result to channel, retry automatically on error.
 func (worker *copIteratorWorker) handleTask(bo *Backoffer, task *copTask, respCh chan<- *copResponse) {
+	defer func() {
+		r := recover()
+		if r != nil {
+			logutil.Logger(context.Background()).Error("copIteratorWork meet panic",
+				zap.Reflect("r", r),
+				zap.Stack("stack trace"))
+			resp := &copResponse{err: errors.Errorf("%v", r)}
+			// if panic has happened, set checkOOM to false to avoid another panic.
+			worker.sendToRespCh(resp, task.respChan, false)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	remainTasks := []*copTask{task}
 	for len(remainTasks) > 0 {
 		tasks, err := worker.handleTaskOnce(bo, remainTasks[0], respCh)
 		if err != nil {
 			resp := &copResponse{err: errors.Trace(err)}
-			worker.sendToRespCh(resp, respCh)
+			worker.sendToRespCh(resp, respCh, true)
 			return
 		}
 		if len(tasks) > 0 {
@@ -803,7 +815,7 @@ func (worker *copIteratorWorker) handleCopResponse(bo *Backoffer, resp *copRespo
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	worker.sendToRespCh(resp, ch)
+	worker.sendToRespCh(resp, ch, true)
 	return nil, nil
 }