diff --git a/dm/worker/task_checker.go b/dm/worker/task_checker.go
index 7956872505..c7187f000e 100644
--- a/dm/worker/task_checker.go
+++ b/dm/worker/task_checker.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/dm/dm/pb"
 	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/backoff"
 	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/retry"
 	"github.com/pingcap/dm/pkg/terror"
 )
 
@@ -231,38 +232,22 @@ func (tsc *realTaskStatusChecker) run() {
 // isResumableError checks the error message and returns whether we need to
 // resume the task and retry
 func isResumableError(err *pb.ProcessError) bool {
-	// not elegant code, because TiDB doesn't expose some error
-	unsupportedDDLMsgs := []string{
-		"can't drop column with index",
-		"unsupported add column",
-		"unsupported modify column",
-		"unsupported modify",
-		"unsupported drop integer primary key",
-	}
-	unsupportedDMLMsgs := []string{
-		"Error 1062: Duplicate entry",
-		"Error 1406: Data too long for column",
-	}
-	parseRelayLogErrMsg := []string{
-		"binlog checksum mismatch, data may be corrupted",
-		"get event err EOF",
-	}
-
 	switch err.Type {
 	case pb.ErrorType_ExecSQL:
-		for _, msg := range unsupportedDDLMsgs {
+		// not elegant code, because TiDB doesn't expose some error
+		for _, msg := range retry.UnsupportedDDLMsgs {
 			if err.Error != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error.RawCause, msg) {
 				return false
 			}
 		}
-		for _, msg := range unsupportedDMLMsgs {
+		for _, msg := range retry.UnsupportedDMLMsgs {
 			if err.Error != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error.RawCause, msg) {
 				return false
 			}
 		}
 	case pb.ErrorType_UnknownError:
 		if err.Error != nil && err.Error.ErrCode == int32(terror.ErrParserParseRelayLog.Code()) {
-			for _, msg := range parseRelayLogErrMsg {
+			for _, msg := range retry.ParseRelayLogErrMsgs {
 				if strings.Contains(err.Error.Message, msg) {
 					return false
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/retry/errors.go b/pkg/retry/errors.go
index fb2e10a2f8..ce8464652b 100644
--- a/pkg/retry/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/retry/errors.go
@@ -14,12 +14,38 @@
 package retry
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	tmysql "github.com/pingcap/parser/mysql"
 	gmysql "github.com/siddontang/go-mysql/mysql"
 )
 
+var (
+	// UnsupportedDDLMsgs list the error messages of some unsupported DDL in TiDB
+	UnsupportedDDLMsgs = []string{
+		"can't drop column with index",
+		"unsupported add column",
+		"unsupported modify column",
+		"unsupported modify charset",
+		"unsupported modify collate",
+		"unsupported drop integer primary key",
+	}
+
+	// UnsupportedDMLMsgs list the error messages of some un-recoverable DML, which is used in task auto recovery
+	UnsupportedDMLMsgs = []string{
+		"Error 1062: Duplicate entry",
+		"Error 1406: Data too long for column",
+	}
+
+	// ParseRelayLogErrMsgs list the error messages of some un-recoverable relay log parsing error, which is used in task auto recovery.
+	ParseRelayLogErrMsgs = []string{
+		"binlog checksum mismatch, data may be corrupted",
+		"get event err EOF",
+	}
+)
+
 // IsRetryableError tells whether this error should retry
 func IsRetryableError(err error) bool {
 	err = errors.Cause(err) // check the original error
@@ -35,3 +61,18 @@ func IsRetryableError(err error) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// IsRetryableErrorFastFailFilter tells whether this error should retry,
+// filtering some incompatible DDL error to achieve fast fail.
+func IsRetryableErrorFastFailFilter(err error) bool {
+	err2 := errors.Cause(err) // check the original error
+	if mysqlErr, ok := err2.(*mysql.MySQLError); ok && mysqlErr.Number == tmysql.ErrUnknown {
+		for _, msg := range UnsupportedDDLMsgs {
+			if strings.Contains(mysqlErr.Message, msg) {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return IsRetryableError(err)
+}
diff --git a/syncer/db.go b/syncer/db.go
index 0d53fa8bc0..61d2973d58 100644
--- a/syncer/db.go
+++ b/syncer/db.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (conn *Conn) executeSQLWithIgnore(tctx *tcontext.Context, ignoreError func(
 		FirstRetryDuration: retryTimeout,
 		BackoffStrategy:    retry.Stable,
 		IsRetryableFn: func(retryTime int, err error) bool {
-			if retry.IsRetryableError(err) {
+			if retry.IsRetryableErrorFastFailFilter(err) {
 				tctx.L().Warn("execute statements", zap.Int("retry", retryTime),
 					zap.String("queries", utils.TruncateInterface(queries, -1)),
 					zap.String("arguments", utils.TruncateInterface(args, -1)))