diff --git a/lightning/pkg/importer/import.go b/lightning/pkg/importer/import.go
index ead280501d3ce..5c4288a54c4a7 100644
--- a/lightning/pkg/importer/import.go
+++ b/lightning/pkg/importer/import.go
@@ -1488,19 +1488,8 @@ func (rc *Controller) importTables(ctx context.Context) (finalErr error) {
 			allTasks = append(allTasks, task{tr: tr, cp: cp})
 
 			if len(cp.Engines) == 0 {
-				for i, fi := range tableMeta.DataFiles {
+				for _, fi := range tableMeta.DataFiles {
 					totalDataSizeToRestore += fi.FileMeta.FileSize
-					if fi.FileMeta.Type == mydump.SourceTypeParquet {
-						numberRows, err := mydump.ReadParquetFileRowCountByFile(ctx, rc.store, fi.FileMeta)
-						if err != nil {
-							return errors.Trace(err)
-						}
-						if m, ok := metric.FromContext(ctx); ok {
-							m.RowsCounter.WithLabelValues(metric.StateTotalRestore, tableName).Add(float64(numberRows))
-						}
-						fi.FileMeta.Rows = numberRows
-						tableMeta.DataFiles[i] = fi
-					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				for _, eng := range cp.Engines {
diff --git a/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader.go b/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader.go
index d2fc407ddcdeb..af747045a93d4 100644
--- a/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader.go
+++ b/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/lightning/common"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/lightning/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/lightning/log"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/lightning/metric"
 	regexprrouter "github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/regexpr-router"
 	filter "github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/util/table-filter"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -244,6 +245,8 @@ type mdLoaderSetup struct {
 	dbIndexMap    map[string]int
 	tableIndexMap map[filter.Table]int
 	setupCfg      *MDLoaderSetupConfig
+
+	sampledParquetRowSizes map[string]float64
 }
 
 // NewLoader constructs a MyDumper loader that scanns the data source and constructs a set of metadatas.
@@ -320,6 +323,8 @@ func NewLoaderWithStore(ctx context.Context, cfg LoaderConfig,
 		dbIndexMap:    make(map[string]int),
 		tableIndexMap: make(map[filter.Table]int),
 		setupCfg:      mdLoaderSetupCfg,
+
+		sampledParquetRowSizes: make(map[string]float64),
 	}
 
 	if err := setup.setup(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -532,12 +537,29 @@ func (s *mdLoaderSetup) constructFileInfo(ctx context.Context, path string, size
 		}
 		s.tableDatas = append(s.tableDatas, info)
 	case SourceTypeParquet:
-		parquestDataSize, err2 := SampleParquetDataSize(ctx, info.FileMeta, s.loader.GetStore())
-		if err2 != nil {
-			logger.Error("fail to sample parquet data size", zap.String("category", "loader"),
-				zap.String("schema", res.Schema), zap.String("table", res.Name), zap.Stringer("type", res.Type), zap.Error(err2))
-		} else {
-			info.FileMeta.RealSize = parquestDataSize
+		tableName := info.TableName.String()
+		if s.sampledParquetRowSizes[tableName] == 0 {
+			s.sampledParquetRowSizes[tableName], err = SampleParquetRowSize(ctx, info.FileMeta, s.loader.GetStore())
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Error("fail to sample parquet row size", zap.String("category", "loader"),
+					zap.String("schema", res.Schema), zap.String("table", res.Name),
+					zap.Stringer("type", res.Type), zap.Error(err))
+				return errors.Trace(err)
+			}
+		}
+		if s.sampledParquetRowSizes[tableName] != 0 {
+			totalRowCount, err := ReadParquetFileRowCountByFile(ctx, s.loader.GetStore(), info.FileMeta)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Error("fail to get file total row count", zap.String("category", "loader"),
+					zap.String("schema", res.Schema), zap.String("table", res.Name),
+					zap.Stringer("type", res.Type), zap.Error(err))
+				return errors.Trace(err)
+			}
+			info.FileMeta.RealSize = int64(float64(totalRowCount) * s.sampledParquetRowSizes[tableName])
+			info.FileMeta.Rows = totalRowCount
+			if m, ok := metric.FromContext(ctx); ok {
+				m.RowsCounter.WithLabelValues(metric.StateTotalRestore, tableName).Add(float64(totalRowCount))
+			}
 		}
 		s.tableDatas = append(s.tableDatas, info)
 	}
@@ -823,8 +845,8 @@ func SampleFileCompressRatio(ctx context.Context, fileMeta SourceFileMeta, store
 	return float64(tot) / float64(pos), nil
 }
 
-// SampleParquetDataSize samples the data size of the parquet file.
-func SampleParquetDataSize(ctx context.Context, fileMeta SourceFileMeta, store storage.ExternalStorage) (int64, error) {
+// SampleParquetRowSize samples row size of the parquet file.
+func SampleParquetRowSize(ctx context.Context, fileMeta SourceFileMeta, store storage.ExternalStorage) (float64, error) {
 	totalRowCount, err := ReadParquetFileRowCountByFile(ctx, store, fileMeta)
 	if totalRowCount == 0 || err != nil {
 		return 0, err
@@ -863,6 +885,5 @@ func SampleParquetDataSize(ctx context.Context, fileMeta SourceFileMeta, store s
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	size := int64(float64(totalRowCount) / float64(rowCount) * float64(rowSize))
-	return size, nil
+	return float64(rowSize) / float64(rowCount), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader_test.go b/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader_test.go
index 0734371b85a4e..928b842725309 100644
--- a/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lightning/mydump/loader_test.go
@@ -1159,12 +1159,16 @@ func testSampleParquetDataSize(t *testing.T, count int) {
 	err = store.WriteFile(ctx, fileName, bf.Bytes())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	size, err := md.SampleParquetDataSize(ctx, md.SourceFileMeta{
+	rowSize, err := md.SampleParquetRowSize(ctx, md.SourceFileMeta{
 		Path: fileName,
 	}, store)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	rowCount, err := md.ReadParquetFileRowCountByFile(ctx, store, md.SourceFileMeta{
+		Path: fileName,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// expected error within 10%, so delta = totalRowSize / 10
-	require.InDelta(t, totalRowSize, size, float64(totalRowSize)/10)
+	require.InDelta(t, totalRowSize, int64(rowSize*float64(rowCount)), float64(totalRowSize)/10)
 }
 
 func TestSampleParquetDataSize(t *testing.T) {