diff --git a/statistics/handle/bootstrap.go b/statistics/handle/bootstrap.go
index e4e83963017ac..b1b04fb828e9f 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/bootstrap.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/bootstrap.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/cznic/mathutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/parser/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/parser/mysql"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-func (h *Handle) initStatsMeta4Chunk(is infoschema.InfoSchema, tables StatsCache, iter *chunk.Iterator4Chunk) {
+func (h *Handle) initStatsMeta4Chunk(is infoschema.InfoSchema, cache *statsCache, iter *chunk.Iterator4Chunk) {
 	for row := iter.Begin(); row != iter.End(); row = iter.Next() {
 		physicalID := row.GetInt64(1)
 		table, ok := h.getTableByPhysicalID(is, physicalID)
@@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ func (h *Handle) initStatsMeta4Chunk(is infoschema.InfoSchema, tables StatsCache
 			Version:  row.GetUint64(0),
 			Name:     getFullTableName(is, tableInfo),
 		}
-		tables[physicalID] = tbl
+		cache.tables[physicalID] = tbl
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *Handle) initStatsMeta(is infoschema.InfoSchema) (StatsCache, error) {
+func (h *Handle) initStatsMeta(is infoschema.InfoSchema) (statsCache, error) {
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	defer h.mu.Unlock()
 	sql := "select HIGH_PRIORITY version, table_id, modify_count, count from mysql.stats_meta"
@@ -66,27 +67,27 @@ func (h *Handle) initStatsMeta(is infoschema.InfoSchema) (StatsCache, error) {
 		defer terror.Call(rc[0].Close)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		return statsCache{}, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	tables := StatsCache{}
+	tables := statsCache{tables: make(map[int64]*statistics.Table)}
 	req := rc[0].NewChunk()
 	iter := chunk.NewIterator4Chunk(req)
 	for {
 		err := rc[0].Next(context.TODO(), req)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+			return statsCache{}, errors.Trace(err)
 		}
 		if req.NumRows() == 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		h.initStatsMeta4Chunk(is, tables, iter)
+		h.initStatsMeta4Chunk(is, &tables, iter)
 	}
 	return tables, nil
 }
 
-func (h *Handle) initStatsHistograms4Chunk(is infoschema.InfoSchema, tables StatsCache, iter *chunk.Iterator4Chunk) {
+func (h *Handle) initStatsHistograms4Chunk(is infoschema.InfoSchema, cache *statsCache, iter *chunk.Iterator4Chunk) {
 	for row := iter.Begin(); row != iter.End(); row = iter.Next() {
-		table, ok := tables[row.GetInt64(0)]
+		table, ok := cache.tables[row.GetInt64(0)]
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func (h *Handle) initStatsHistograms4Chunk(is infoschema.InfoSchema, tables Stat
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *Handle) initStatsHistograms(is infoschema.InfoSchema, tables StatsCache) error {
+func (h *Handle) initStatsHistograms(is infoschema.InfoSchema, cache *statsCache) error {
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	defer h.mu.Unlock()
 	sql := "select HIGH_PRIORITY table_id, is_index, hist_id, distinct_count, version, null_count, cm_sketch, tot_col_size, stats_ver, correlation, flag, last_analyze_pos from mysql.stats_histograms"
@@ -158,15 +159,15 @@ func (h *Handle) initStatsHistograms(is infoschema.InfoSchema, tables StatsCache
 		if req.NumRows() == 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		h.initStatsHistograms4Chunk(is, tables, iter)
+		h.initStatsHistograms4Chunk(is, cache, iter)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func initStatsBuckets4Chunk(ctx sessionctx.Context, tables StatsCache, iter *chunk.Iterator4Chunk) {
+func initStatsBuckets4Chunk(ctx sessionctx.Context, cache *statsCache, iter *chunk.Iterator4Chunk) {
 	for row := iter.Begin(); row != iter.End(); row = iter.Next() {
 		tableID, isIndex, histID := row.GetInt64(0), row.GetInt64(1), row.GetInt64(2)
-		table, ok := tables[tableID]
+		table, ok := cache.tables[tableID]
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ func initStatsBuckets4Chunk(ctx sessionctx.Context, tables StatsCache, iter *chu
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *Handle) initStatsBuckets(tables StatsCache) error {
+func (h *Handle) initStatsBuckets(cache *statsCache) error {
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	defer h.mu.Unlock()
 	sql := "select HIGH_PRIORITY table_id, is_index, hist_id, count, repeats, lower_bound, upper_bound from mysql.stats_buckets order by table_id, is_index, hist_id, bucket_id"
@@ -230,12 +231,11 @@ func (h *Handle) initStatsBuckets(tables StatsCache) error {
 		if req.NumRows() == 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		initStatsBuckets4Chunk(h.mu.ctx, tables, iter)
+		initStatsBuckets4Chunk(h.mu.ctx, cache, iter)
 	}
-	for _, table := range tables {
-		if h.mu.lastVersion < table.Version {
-			h.mu.lastVersion = table.Version
-		}
+	lastVersion := uint64(0)
+	for _, table := range cache.tables {
+		lastVersion = mathutil.MaxUint64(lastVersion, table.Version)
 		for _, idx := range table.Indices {
 			for i := 1; i < idx.Len(); i++ {
 				idx.Buckets[i].Count += idx.Buckets[i-1].Count
@@ -249,24 +249,25 @@ func (h *Handle) initStatsBuckets(tables StatsCache) error {
 			col.PreCalculateScalar()
 		}
 	}
+	cache.version = lastVersion
 	return nil
 }
 
 // InitStats will init the stats cache using full load strategy.
 func (h *Handle) InitStats(is infoschema.InfoSchema) error {
-	tables, err := h.initStatsMeta(is)
+	cache, err := h.initStatsMeta(is)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	err = h.initStatsHistograms(is, tables)
+	err = h.initStatsHistograms(is, &cache)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	err = h.initStatsBuckets(tables)
+	err = h.initStatsBuckets(&cache)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	h.StatsCache.Store(tables)
+	h.updateStatsCache(cache)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/statistics/handle/dump_test.go b/statistics/handle/dump_test.go
index 934518aa44a1c..2d4dcc52ff637 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/dump_test.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/dump_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package handle_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sync"
 
 	. "github.com/pingcap/check"
 	"github.com/pingcap/parser/model"
@@ -48,7 +49,15 @@ func (s *testStatsSuite) TestConversion(c *C) {
 	tbl := h.GetTableStats(tableInfo.Meta())
 	assertTableEqual(c, loadTbl, tbl)
 
+	cleanEnv(c, s.store, s.do)
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		c.Assert(h.Update(is), IsNil)
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
 	err = h.LoadStatsFromJSON(is, jsonTbl)
+	wg.Wait()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	loadTblInStorage := h.GetTableStats(tableInfo.Meta())
 	assertTableEqual(c, loadTblInStorage, tbl)
diff --git a/statistics/handle/handle.go b/statistics/handle/handle.go
index bdf16a79405e3..e2b65287490ec 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/handle.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/handle.go
@@ -39,16 +39,18 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-// StatsCache caches the tables in memory for Handle.
-type StatsCache map[int64]*statistics.Table
+// statsCache caches the tables in memory for Handle.
+type statsCache struct {
+	tables map[int64]*statistics.Table
+	// version is the latest version of cache.
+	version uint64
+}
 
 // Handle can update stats info periodically.
 type Handle struct {
 	mu struct {
 		sync.Mutex
 		ctx sessionctx.Context
-		// lastVersion is the latest update version before last lease.
-		lastVersion uint64
 		// rateMap contains the error rate delta from feedback.
 		rateMap errorRateDeltaMap
 		// pid2tid is the map from partition ID to table ID.
@@ -57,9 +59,15 @@ type Handle struct {
 		schemaVersion int64
 	}
 
+	// It can be read by multiply readers at the same time without acquire lock, but it can be
+	// written only after acquire the lock.
+	statsCache struct {
+		sync.Mutex
+		atomic.Value
+	}
+
 	restrictedExec sqlexec.RestrictedSQLExecutor
 
-	StatsCache atomic.Value
 	// ddlEventCh is a channel to notify a ddl operation has happened.
 	// It is sent only by owner or the drop stats executor, and read by stats handle.
 	ddlEventCh chan *util.Event
@@ -73,11 +81,10 @@ type Handle struct {
 	lease atomic2.Duration
 }
 
-// Clear the StatsCache, only for test.
+// Clear the statsCache, only for test.
 func (h *Handle) Clear() {
 	h.mu.Lock()
-	h.StatsCache.Store(StatsCache{})
-	h.mu.lastVersion = 0
+	h.statsCache.Store(statsCache{tables: make(map[int64]*statistics.Table)})
 	for len(h.ddlEventCh) > 0 {
 		<-h.ddlEventCh
 	}
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ func NewHandle(ctx sessionctx.Context, lease time.Duration) *Handle {
 	}
 	handle.mu.ctx = ctx
 	handle.mu.rateMap = make(errorRateDeltaMap)
-	handle.StatsCache.Store(StatsCache{})
+	handle.statsCache.Store(statsCache{tables: make(map[int64]*statistics.Table)})
 	return handle
 }
 
@@ -138,14 +145,15 @@ func DurationToTS(d time.Duration) uint64 {
 
 // Update reads stats meta from store and updates the stats map.
 func (h *Handle) Update(is infoschema.InfoSchema) error {
-	lastVersion := h.LastUpdateVersion()
+	oldCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
+	lastVersion := oldCache.version
 	// We need this because for two tables, the smaller version may write later than the one with larger version.
 	// Consider the case that there are two tables A and B, their version and commit time is (A0, A1) and (B0, B1),
 	// and A0 < B0 < B1 < A1. We will first read the stats of B, and update the lastVersion to B0, but we cannot read
 	// the table stats of A0 if we read stats that greater than lastVersion which is B0.
 	// We can read the stats if the diff between commit time and version is less than three lease.
 	offset := DurationToTS(3 * h.Lease())
-	if lastVersion >= offset {
+	if oldCache.version >= offset {
 		lastVersion = lastVersion - offset
 	} else {
 		lastVersion = 0
@@ -189,10 +197,7 @@ func (h *Handle) Update(is infoschema.InfoSchema) error {
 		tbl.Name = getFullTableName(is, tableInfo)
 		tables = append(tables, tbl)
 	}
-	h.mu.Lock()
-	h.mu.lastVersion = lastVersion
-	h.UpdateTableStats(tables, deletedTableIDs)
-	h.mu.Unlock()
+	h.updateStatsCache(oldCache.update(tables, deletedTableIDs, lastVersion))
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -231,43 +236,54 @@ func (h *Handle) GetTableStats(tblInfo *model.TableInfo) *statistics.Table {
 
 // GetPartitionStats retrieves the partition stats from cache.
 func (h *Handle) GetPartitionStats(tblInfo *model.TableInfo, pid int64) *statistics.Table {
-	tbl, ok := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)[pid]
+	statsCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
+	tbl, ok := statsCache.tables[pid]
 	if !ok {
 		tbl = statistics.PseudoTable(tblInfo)
 		tbl.PhysicalID = pid
-		h.UpdateTableStats([]*statistics.Table{tbl}, nil)
+		h.updateStatsCache(statsCache.update([]*statistics.Table{tbl}, nil, statsCache.version))
 		return tbl
 	}
 	return tbl
 }
 
-func (h *Handle) copyFromOldCache() StatsCache {
-	newCache := StatsCache{}
-	oldCache := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)
-	for k, v := range oldCache {
-		newCache[k] = v
+func (h *Handle) updateStatsCache(newCache statsCache) {
+	h.statsCache.Lock()
+	oldCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
+	if oldCache.version <= newCache.version {
+		h.statsCache.Store(newCache)
+	}
+	h.statsCache.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (sc statsCache) copy() statsCache {
+	newCache := statsCache{tables: make(map[int64]*statistics.Table, len(sc.tables)), version: sc.version}
+	for k, v := range sc.tables {
+		newCache.tables[k] = v
 	}
 	return newCache
 }
 
-// UpdateTableStats updates the statistics table cache using copy on write.
-func (h *Handle) UpdateTableStats(tables []*statistics.Table, deletedIDs []int64) {
-	newCache := h.copyFromOldCache()
+// update updates the statistics table cache using copy on write.
+func (sc statsCache) update(tables []*statistics.Table, deletedIDs []int64, newVersion uint64) statsCache {
+	newCache := sc.copy()
+	newCache.version = newVersion
 	for _, tbl := range tables {
 		id := tbl.PhysicalID
-		newCache[id] = tbl
+		newCache.tables[id] = tbl
 	}
 	for _, id := range deletedIDs {
-		delete(newCache, id)
+		delete(newCache.tables, id)
 	}
-	h.StatsCache.Store(newCache)
+	return newCache
 }
 
 // LoadNeededHistograms will load histograms for those needed columns.
 func (h *Handle) LoadNeededHistograms() error {
 	cols := statistics.HistogramNeededColumns.AllCols()
 	for _, col := range cols {
-		tbl, ok := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)[col.TableID]
+		statsCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
+		tbl, ok := statsCache.tables[col.TableID]
 		if !ok {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -293,7 +309,7 @@ func (h *Handle) LoadNeededHistograms() error {
 			Count:      int64(hg.TotalRowCount()),
 			IsHandle:   c.IsHandle,
 		}
-		h.UpdateTableStats([]*statistics.Table{tbl}, nil)
+		h.updateStatsCache(statsCache.update([]*statistics.Table{tbl}, nil, statsCache.version))
 		statistics.HistogramNeededColumns.Delete(col)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -301,16 +317,13 @@ func (h *Handle) LoadNeededHistograms() error {
 
 // LastUpdateVersion gets the last update version.
 func (h *Handle) LastUpdateVersion() uint64 {
-	h.mu.Lock()
-	defer h.mu.Unlock()
-	return h.mu.lastVersion
+	return h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache).version
 }
 
 // SetLastUpdateVersion sets the last update version.
 func (h *Handle) SetLastUpdateVersion(version uint64) {
-	h.mu.Lock()
-	defer h.mu.Unlock()
-	h.mu.lastVersion = version
+	statsCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
+	h.updateStatsCache(statsCache.update(nil, nil, version))
 }
 
 // FlushStats flushes the cached stats update into store.
@@ -479,7 +492,7 @@ func (h *Handle) columnStatsFromStorage(row chunk.Row, table *statistics.Table,
 
 // tableStatsFromStorage loads table stats info from storage.
 func (h *Handle) tableStatsFromStorage(tableInfo *model.TableInfo, physicalID int64, loadAll bool, historyStatsExec sqlexec.RestrictedSQLExecutor) (_ *statistics.Table, err error) {
-	table, ok := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)[physicalID]
+	table, ok := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache).tables[physicalID]
 	// If table stats is pseudo, we also need to copy it, since we will use the column stats when
 	// the average error rate of it is small.
 	if !ok || historyStatsExec != nil {
diff --git a/statistics/handle/update.go b/statistics/handle/update.go
index 8f29ff52cfa68..500e5d827ee51 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/update.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/update.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func needDumpStatsDelta(h *Handle, id int64, item variable.TableDelta, currentTi
 	if item.InitTime.IsZero() {
 		item.InitTime = currentTime
 	}
-	tbl, ok := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)[id]
+	tbl, ok := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache).tables[id]
 	if !ok {
 		// No need to dump if the stats is invalid.
 		return false
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ func (h *Handle) DumpStatsFeedbackToKV() error {
 		if fb.Tp == statistics.PkType {
 			err = h.DumpFeedbackToKV(fb)
 		} else {
-			t, ok := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)[fb.PhysicalID]
+			t, ok := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache).tables[fb.PhysicalID]
 			if ok {
 				err = h.DumpFeedbackForIndex(fb, t)
 			}
@@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ func (h *Handle) UpdateStatsByLocalFeedback(is infoschema.InfoSchema) {
 			newCol.Flag = statistics.ResetAnalyzeFlag(newCol.Flag)
 			newTblStats.Columns[fb.Hist.ID] = &newCol
 		}
-		h.UpdateTableStats([]*statistics.Table{newTblStats}, nil)
+		oldCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
+		h.updateStatsCache(oldCache.update([]*statistics.Table{newTblStats}, nil, oldCache.version))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -483,7 +484,8 @@ func (h *Handle) UpdateErrorRate(is infoschema.InfoSchema) {
 		delete(h.mu.rateMap, id)
 	}
 	h.mu.Unlock()
-	h.UpdateTableStats(tbls, nil)
+	oldCache := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache)
+	h.updateStatsCache(oldCache.update(tbls, nil, oldCache.version))
 }
 
 // HandleUpdateStats update the stats using feedback.
@@ -871,7 +873,7 @@ func logForIndex(prefix string, t *statistics.Table, idx *statistics.Index, rang
 }
 
 func (h *Handle) logDetailedInfo(q *statistics.QueryFeedback) {
-	t, ok := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)[q.PhysicalID]
+	t, ok := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache).tables[q.PhysicalID]
 	if !ok {
 		return
 	}
@@ -912,7 +914,7 @@ func logForPK(prefix string, c *statistics.Column, ranges []*ranger.Range, actua
 
 // RecalculateExpectCount recalculates the expect row count if the origin row count is estimated by pseudo.
 func (h *Handle) RecalculateExpectCount(q *statistics.QueryFeedback) error {
-	t, ok := h.StatsCache.Load().(StatsCache)[q.PhysicalID]
+	t, ok := h.statsCache.Load().(statsCache).tables[q.PhysicalID]
 	if !ok {
 		return nil
 	}