diff --git a/br/pkg/backup/BUILD.bazel b/br/pkg/backup/BUILD.bazel
index 251b2c3b75385..760e37c44d26b 100644
--- a/br/pkg/backup/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/br/pkg/backup/BUILD.bazel
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ go_test(
     embed = [":backup"],
     flaky = True,
     race = "on",
-    shard_count = 10,
+    shard_count = 11,
     deps = [
         "//br/pkg/conn",
         "//br/pkg/gluetidb/mock",
diff --git a/br/pkg/backup/client.go b/br/pkg/backup/client.go
index 012984cf39057..606f6cf4d67be 100644
--- a/br/pkg/backup/client.go
+++ b/br/pkg/backup/client.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"reflect"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -1000,8 +1001,37 @@ func WriteBackupDDLJobs(metaWriter *metautil.MetaWriter, g glue.Glue, store kv.S
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+
+	// determine whether the jobs need to be append into `allJobs`
+	appendJobsFn := func(jobs []*model.Job) ([]*model.Job, bool) {
+		appendJobs := make([]*model.Job, 0, len(jobs))
+		for _, job := range jobs {
+			if skipUnsupportedDDLJob(job) {
+				continue
+			}
+			if job.BinlogInfo != nil && job.BinlogInfo.SchemaVersion <= lastSchemaVersion {
+				// early exits to stop unnecessary scan
+				return appendJobs, true
+			}
+
+			if (job.State == model.JobStateDone || job.State == model.JobStateSynced) &&
+				(job.BinlogInfo != nil && job.BinlogInfo.SchemaVersion > lastSchemaVersion && job.BinlogInfo.SchemaVersion <= backupSchemaVersion) {
+				if job.BinlogInfo.DBInfo != nil {
+					// ignore all placement policy info during incremental backup for now.
+					job.BinlogInfo.DBInfo.PlacementPolicyRef = nil
+				}
+				if job.BinlogInfo.TableInfo != nil {
+					// ignore all placement policy info during incremental backup for now.
+					job.BinlogInfo.TableInfo.ClearPlacement()
+				}
+				appendJobs = append(appendJobs, job)
+			}
+		}
+		return appendJobs, false
+	}
+
 	newestMeta := meta.NewSnapshotMeta(store.GetSnapshot(kv.NewVersion(version.Ver)))
-	allJobs := make([]*model.Job, 0)
+	var allJobs []*model.Job
 	err = g.UseOneShotSession(store, !needDomain, func(se glue.Session) error {
 		allJobs, err = ddl.GetAllDDLJobs(se.GetSessionCtx())
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1014,41 +1044,49 @@ func WriteBackupDDLJobs(metaWriter *metautil.MetaWriter, g glue.Glue, store kv.S
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 
-	historyJobs, err := ddl.GetAllHistoryDDLJobs(newestMeta)
+	// filter out the jobs
+	allJobs, _ = appendJobsFn(allJobs)
+
+	historyJobsIter, err := ddl.GetLastHistoryDDLJobsIterator(newestMeta)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	log.Debug("get history jobs", zap.Int("jobs", len(historyJobs)))
-	allJobs = append(allJobs, historyJobs...)
 
-	count := 0
+	count := len(allJobs)
+
+	cacheJobs := make([]*model.Job, 0, ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs)
+	for {
+		cacheJobs, err = historyJobsIter.GetLastJobs(ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs, cacheJobs)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+		if len(cacheJobs) == 0 {
+			// no more jobs
+			break
+		}
+		jobs, finished := appendJobsFn(cacheJobs)
+		count += len(jobs)
+		allJobs = append(allJobs, jobs...)
+		if finished {
+			// no more jobs between [LastTS, ts]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debug("get complete jobs", zap.Int("jobs", count))
+	// sort by job id with ascend order
+	sort.Slice(allJobs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return allJobs[i].ID < allJobs[j].ID
+	})
 	for _, job := range allJobs {
-		if skipUnsupportedDDLJob(job) {
-			continue
+		jobBytes, err := json.Marshal(job)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
-
-		if (job.State == model.JobStateDone || job.State == model.JobStateSynced) &&
-			(job.BinlogInfo != nil && job.BinlogInfo.SchemaVersion > lastSchemaVersion && job.BinlogInfo.SchemaVersion <= backupSchemaVersion) {
-			if job.BinlogInfo.DBInfo != nil {
-				// ignore all placement policy info during incremental backup for now.
-				job.BinlogInfo.DBInfo.PlacementPolicyRef = nil
-			}
-			if job.BinlogInfo.TableInfo != nil {
-				// ignore all placement policy info during incremental backup for now.
-				job.BinlogInfo.TableInfo.ClearPlacement()
-			}
-			jobBytes, err := json.Marshal(job)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Trace(err)
-			}
-			err = metaWriter.Send(jobBytes, metautil.AppendDDL)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.Trace(err)
-			}
-			count++
+		err = metaWriter.Send(jobBytes, metautil.AppendDDL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
 	}
-	log.Debug("get completed jobs", zap.Int("jobs", count))
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/br/pkg/backup/client_test.go b/br/pkg/backup/client_test.go
index db6051e84b0c2..55ddcf2e64a74 100644
--- a/br/pkg/backup/client_test.go
+++ b/br/pkg/backup/client_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,65 @@ func TestGetTS(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, backupts, ts)
 }
 
+func TestGetHistoryDDLJobs(t *testing.T) {
+	s := createBackupSuite(t)
+
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, s.cluster.Storage)
+	lastTS1, err := s.cluster.GetOracle().GetTimestamp(context.Background(), &oracle.Option{TxnScope: oracle.GlobalTxnScope})
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error get last ts: %s", err)
+	tk.MustExec("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test_db;")
+	tk.MustExec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_db.test_table (c1 INT);")
+	lastTS2, err := s.cluster.GetOracle().GetTimestamp(context.Background(), &oracle.Option{TxnScope: oracle.GlobalTxnScope})
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error get last ts: %s", err)
+	tk.MustExec("RENAME TABLE test_db.test_table to test_db.test_table1;")
+	tk.MustExec("DROP TABLE test_db.test_table1;")
+	tk.MustExec("DROP DATABASE test_db;")
+	tk.MustExec("CREATE DATABASE test_db;")
+	tk.MustExec("USE test_db;")
+	tk.MustExec("CREATE TABLE test_table1 (c2 CHAR(255));")
+	tk.MustExec("RENAME TABLE test_table1 to test_table;")
+	tk.MustExec("RENAME TABLE test_table to test_table2;")
+	tk.MustExec("RENAME TABLE test_table2 to test_table;")
+	lastTS3, err := s.cluster.GetOracle().GetTimestamp(context.Background(), &oracle.Option{TxnScope: oracle.GlobalTxnScope})
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error get last ts: %s", err)
+	tk.MustExec("TRUNCATE TABLE test_table;")
+	ts, err := s.cluster.GetOracle().GetTimestamp(context.Background(), &oracle.Option{TxnScope: oracle.GlobalTxnScope})
+	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error get last ts: %s", err)
+
+	checkFn := func(lastTS uint64, ts uint64, jobsCount int) {
+		cipher := backuppb.CipherInfo{CipherType: encryptionpb.EncryptionMethod_PLAINTEXT}
+		metaWriter := metautil.NewMetaWriter(s.storage, metautil.MetaFileSize, false, "", &cipher)
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		metaWriter.StartWriteMetasAsync(ctx, metautil.AppendDDL)
+		s.mockGlue.SetSession(tk.Session())
+		err = backup.WriteBackupDDLJobs(metaWriter, s.mockGlue, s.cluster.Storage, lastTS, ts, false)
+		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Error get ddl jobs: %s", err)
+		err = metaWriter.FinishWriteMetas(ctx, metautil.AppendDDL)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Flush failed", err)
+		err = metaWriter.FlushBackupMeta(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Finally flush backup meta failed", err)
+
+		metaBytes, err := s.storage.ReadFile(ctx, metautil.MetaFile)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		mockMeta := &backuppb.BackupMeta{}
+		err = proto.Unmarshal(metaBytes, mockMeta)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		// check the schema version
+		metaReader := metautil.NewMetaReader(mockMeta, s.storage, &cipher)
+		allDDLJobsBytes, err := metaReader.ReadDDLs(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		var allDDLJobs []*model.Job
+		err = json.Unmarshal(allDDLJobsBytes, &allDDLJobs)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, allDDLJobs, jobsCount)
+	}
+
+	checkFn(lastTS1, ts, 11)
+	checkFn(lastTS2, ts, 9)
+	checkFn(lastTS1, lastTS2, 2)
+	checkFn(lastTS3, ts, 1)
+}
+
 func TestSkipUnsupportedDDLJob(t *testing.T) {
 	s := createBackupSuite(t)