diff --git a/br/pkg/streamhelper/BUILD.bazel b/br/pkg/streamhelper/BUILD.bazel
index cfea7cf900721..f2079793514a8 100644
--- a/br/pkg/streamhelper/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/br/pkg/streamhelper/BUILD.bazel
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ go_test(
     ],
     flaky = True,
     race = "on",
-    shard_count = 35,
+    shard_count = 36,
     deps = [
         ":streamhelper",
         "//br/pkg/errors",
diff --git a/br/pkg/streamhelper/flush_subscriber.go b/br/pkg/streamhelper/flush_subscriber.go
index f1310b0212372..fdab936ad5f97 100644
--- a/br/pkg/streamhelper/flush_subscriber.go
+++ b/br/pkg/streamhelper/flush_subscriber.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package streamhelper
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -278,12 +277,10 @@ func (s *subscription) listenOver(ctx context.Context, cli eventStream) {
 		// Shall we use RecvMsg for better performance?
 		// Note that the spans.Full requires the input slice be immutable.
 		msg, err := cli.Recv()
+		failpoint.InjectCall("listen_flush_stream", s.storeID, &err)
 		if err != nil {
 			logutil.CL(ctx).Info("Listen stopped.",
 				zap.Uint64("store", storeID), logutil.ShortError(err))
-			if err == io.EOF || err == context.Canceled || status.Code(err) == codes.Canceled {
-				return
-			}
 			s.emitError(errors.Annotatef(err, "while receiving from store id %d", storeID))
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/br/pkg/streamhelper/subscription_test.go b/br/pkg/streamhelper/subscription_test.go
index da7aa627eabd0..4025e96ba6d4f 100644
--- a/br/pkg/streamhelper/subscription_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/streamhelper/subscription_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pingcap/failpoint"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/streamhelper"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/streamhelper/spans"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -240,3 +241,28 @@ func TestSomeOfStoreUnsupported(t *testing.T) {
 	req.NoError(err)
 	req.Equal(cp, s.MinValue())
 }
+
+func TestEncounterError(t *testing.T) {
+	req := require.New(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	c := createFakeCluster(t, 4, true)
+	c.splitAndScatter("0001", "0002", "0003", "0008", "0009", "0010", "0100", "0956", "1000")
+
+	sub := streamhelper.NewSubscriber(c, c)
+	installSubscribeSupport(c)
+	req.NoError(sub.UpdateStoreTopology(ctx))
+
+	o := new(sync.Once)
+	failpoint.EnableCall("github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/streamhelper/listen_flush_stream", func(storeID uint64, err *error) {
+		o.Do(func() {
+			*err = context.Canceled
+		})
+	})
+
+	c.flushAll()
+	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		return sub.PendingErrors() != nil
+	}, 3*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond)
+	sub.HandleErrors(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, sub.PendingErrors())
+}