diff --git a/cdc/processor/processor.go b/cdc/processor/processor.go
index 619830db52c..f8724d5e182 100644
--- a/cdc/processor/processor.go
+++ b/cdc/processor/processor.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/filter"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/pdutil"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/retry"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/sink"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/upstream"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tiflow/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -486,6 +488,18 @@ func isProcessorIgnorableError(err error) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// needPullerSafeModeAtStart returns true if the scheme is mysql compatible.
+// pullerSafeMode means to split all update kv entries whose commitTS
+// is older then the start time of this changefeed.
+func needPullerSafeModeAtStart(sinkURIStr string) (bool, error) {
+	sinkURI, err := url.Parse(sinkURIStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, cerror.WrapError(cerror.ErrSinkURIInvalid, err)
+	}
+	scheme := sink.GetScheme(sinkURI)
+	return sink.IsMySQLCompatibleScheme(scheme), nil
+}
+
 // Tick implements the `orchestrator.State` interface
 // the `info` parameter is sent by metadata store, the `info` must be the latest value snapshot.
 // the `status` parameter is sent by metadata store, the `status` must be the latest value snapshot.
@@ -641,10 +655,15 @@ func (p *processor) lazyInitImpl(etcdCtx context.Context) (err error) {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 
+	pullerSafeModeAtStart, err := needPullerSafeModeAtStart(p.latestInfo.SinkURI)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
 	p.sourceManager.r = sourcemanager.New(
 		p.changefeedID, p.upstream, p.mg.r,
 		sortEngine, util.GetOrZero(p.latestInfo.Config.BDRMode),
-		util.GetOrZero(p.latestInfo.Config.EnableTableMonitor))
+		util.GetOrZero(p.latestInfo.Config.EnableTableMonitor),
+		pullerSafeModeAtStart)
 	p.sourceManager.name = "SourceManager"
 	p.sourceManager.changefeedID = p.changefeedID
 	p.sourceManager.spawn(prcCtx)
diff --git a/cdc/processor/sourcemanager/manager.go b/cdc/processor/sourcemanager/manager.go
index 9a38b4e9d98..35226a65cbf 100644
--- a/cdc/processor/sourcemanager/manager.go
+++ b/cdc/processor/sourcemanager/manager.go
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ func New(
 	engine sorter.SortEngine,
 	bdrMode bool,
 	enableTableMonitor bool,
+	safeModeAtStart bool,
 ) *SourceManager {
-	return newSourceManager(changefeedID, up, mg, engine, bdrMode, enableTableMonitor)
+	return newSourceManager(changefeedID, up, mg, engine, bdrMode, enableTableMonitor, safeModeAtStart)
 }
 
 // NewForTest creates a new source manager for testing.
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func newSourceManager(
 	engine sorter.SortEngine,
 	bdrMode bool,
 	enableTableMonitor bool,
+	safeModeAtStart bool,
 ) *SourceManager {
 	mgr := &SourceManager{
 		ready:              make(chan struct{}),
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ func newSourceManager(
 				zap.String("changefeed", mgr.changefeedID.ID))
 		}
 		if raw != nil {
-			if isOldUpdateKVEntry(raw, mgr.startTs) {
+			if safeModeAtStart && isOldUpdateKVEntry(raw, mgr.startTs) {
 				deleteKVEntry, insertKVEntry, err := splitUpdateKVEntry(raw)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
diff --git a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go
index 6fd0dd4c279..502199e191b 100644
--- a/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go
+++ b/cdc/sink/dmlsink/factory/factory.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ type SinkFactory struct {
 	category Category
 }
 
-// New creates a new SinkFactory by schema.
+// New creates a new SinkFactory by scheme.
 func New(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	changefeedID model.ChangeFeedID,
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ func New(
 	}
 
 	s := &SinkFactory{}
-	schema := sink.GetScheme(sinkURI)
-	switch schema {
+	scheme := sink.GetScheme(sinkURI)
+	switch scheme {
 	case sink.MySQLScheme, sink.MySQLSSLScheme, sink.TiDBScheme, sink.TiDBSSLScheme:
 		txnSink, err := txn.NewMySQLSink(ctx, changefeedID, sinkURI, cfg, errCh,
 			txn.DefaultConflictDetectorSlots)
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func New(
 		s.category = CategoryMQ
 	default:
 		return nil,
-			cerror.ErrSinkURIInvalid.GenWithStack("the sink scheme (%s) is not supported", schema)
+			cerror.ErrSinkURIInvalid.GenWithStack("the sink scheme (%s) is not supported", scheme)
 	}
 
 	return s, nil