diff --git a/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil.go b/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil.go
index e1f7a539ae6a..885afc5ed8aa 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil.go
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ type LoopWatcher struct {
 	loadBatchSize int64
 	// watchChangeRetryInterval is used to set the retry interval for watching etcd change.
 	watchChangeRetryInterval time.Duration
+	// updateClientCh is used to update the etcd client.
+	// It's only used for testing.
+	updateClientCh chan *clientv3.Client
 }
 
 // NewLoopWatcher creates a new LoopWatcher.
@@ -407,6 +410,7 @@ func NewLoopWatcher(ctx context.Context, wg *sync.WaitGroup, client *clientv3.Cl
 		wg:                       wg,
 		forceLoadCh:              make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		isLoadedCh:               make(chan error, 1),
+		updateClientCh:           make(chan *clientv3.Client, 1),
 		putFn:                    putFn,
 		deleteFn:                 deleteFn,
 		postEventFn:              postEventFn,
@@ -445,6 +449,9 @@ func (lw *LoopWatcher) StartWatchLoop() {
 				zap.Error(err))
 			watchStartRevision = nextRevision
 			time.Sleep(lw.watchChangeRetryInterval)
+			failpoint.Inject("updateClient", func(val failpoint.Value) {
+				lw.client = <-lw.updateClientCh
+			})
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil_test.go b/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil_test.go
index 0ab5d40b6243..4258dc60a2ca 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/etcdutil/etcdutil_test.go
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ func TestEtcdScaleInAndOutWithoutMultiPoint(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Add a new member and check members
 	etcd2 := checkAddEtcdMember(t, cfg1, client1)
+	defer func() {
+		etcd2.Close()
+	}()
 	checkMembers(re, client2, []*embed.Etcd{etcd1, etcd2})
 
 	// scale in etcd1
@@ -435,6 +438,7 @@ func ioCopy(dst io.Writer, src io.Reader, enableDiscard *atomic.Bool) (err error
 	for {
 		if enableDiscard.Load() {
 			io.Copy(io.Discard, src)
+			continue
 		}
 		readNum, errRead := src.Read(buffer)
 		if readNum > 0 {
@@ -671,6 +675,9 @@ func (suite *loopWatcherTestSuite) TestWatcherBreak() {
 	suite.NoError(err)
 	checkCache("")
 
+	// we use close client and update client in failpoint to simulate the network error and recover
+	failpoint.Enable("github.com/tikv/pd/pkg/utils/etcdutil/updateClient", "return(true)")
+
 	// Case1: restart the etcd server
 	suite.etcd.Close()
 	suite.startEtcd()
@@ -681,7 +688,7 @@ func (suite *loopWatcherTestSuite) TestWatcherBreak() {
 	suite.client.Close()
 	suite.client, err = createEtcdClient(nil, suite.config.LCUrls[0])
 	suite.NoError(err)
-	watcher.client = suite.client
+	watcher.updateClientCh <- suite.client
 	suite.put("TestWatcherBreak", "2")
 	checkCache("2")
 
@@ -690,7 +697,7 @@ func (suite *loopWatcherTestSuite) TestWatcherBreak() {
 	suite.client, err = createEtcdClient(nil, suite.config.LCUrls[0])
 	suite.NoError(err)
 	suite.put("TestWatcherBreak", "3")
-	watcher.client = suite.client
+	watcher.updateClientCh <- suite.client
 	checkCache("3")
 
 	// Case4: close the etcd client and put a new value with compact
@@ -704,7 +711,7 @@ func (suite *loopWatcherTestSuite) TestWatcherBreak() {
 	resp2, err := suite.etcd.Server.Compact(suite.ctx, &etcdserverpb.CompactionRequest{Revision: revision})
 	suite.NoError(err)
 	suite.Equal(revision, resp2.Header.Revision)
-	watcher.client = suite.client
+	watcher.updateClientCh <- suite.client
 	checkCache("4")
 
 	// Case5: there is an error data in cache
@@ -713,6 +720,8 @@ func (suite *loopWatcherTestSuite) TestWatcherBreak() {
 	cache.Unlock()
 	watcher.ForceLoad()
 	checkCache("4")
+
+	failpoint.Disable("github.com/tikv/pd/pkg/utils/etcdutil/updateClient")
 }
 
 func (suite *loopWatcherTestSuite) startEtcd() {