diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go
index 3153dbb7de6d2..1e3f4b7519ae0 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/backend/local/local.go
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ var (
 	// MaxWriteAndIngestRetryTimes is the max retry times for write and ingest.
 	// A large retry times is for tolerating tikv cluster failures.
 	MaxWriteAndIngestRetryTimes = 30
+
+	// Unlimited RPC receive message size for TiKV importer
+	unlimitedRPCRecvMsgSize = math.MaxInt32
 )
 
 // ImportClientFactory is factory to create new import client for specific store.
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ func (f *importClientFactoryImpl) makeConn(ctx context.Context, storeID uint64)
 		addr = store.GetAddress()
 	}
 	opts = append(opts,
+		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(unlimitedRPCRecvMsgSize)),
 		grpc.WithConnectParams(grpc.ConnectParams{Backoff: bfConf}),
 		grpc.WithKeepaliveParams(keepalive.ClientParameters{
 			Time:                gRPCKeepAliveTime,