diff --git a/br/pkg/storage/gcs.go b/br/pkg/storage/gcs.go
index c5796e70d9c7a..5da5c29d34ac6 100644
--- a/br/pkg/storage/gcs.go
+++ b/br/pkg/storage/gcs.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	goerrors "errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
@@ -474,6 +475,14 @@ func shouldRetry(err error) bool {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// workaround for https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/7090
+	// seems it's a bug of golang net/http: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/53472
+	if e := (&url.Error{}); goerrors.As(err, &e) {
+		if goerrors.Is(e.Err, io.EOF) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
 	errMsg := err.Error()
 	// workaround for strange unknown errors
 	retryableErrMsg := []string{
diff --git a/br/pkg/storage/gcs_test.go b/br/pkg/storage/gcs_test.go
index 95d4f50f06c10..10c456f9eeddc 100644
--- a/br/pkg/storage/gcs_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/storage/gcs_test.go
@@ -574,6 +574,6 @@ func TestSpeedReadManyFiles(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGCSShouldRetry(t *testing.T) {
-	require.True(t, shouldRetry(&url.Error{Err: goerrors.New("http2: server sent GOAWAY and closed the connectiont"), Op: "Get", URL: "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/"}))
 	require.True(t, shouldRetry(&url.Error{Err: goerrors.New("http2: client connection lost"), Op: "Get", URL: "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/"}))
+	require.True(t, shouldRetry(&url.Error{Err: io.EOF, Op: "Get", URL: "https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/"}))
 }