diff --git a/drainer/config.go b/drainer/config.go
index e086a3f7a..07b672fa9 100644
--- a/drainer/config.go
+++ b/drainer/config.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ type SyncerConfig struct {
 	EnableCausalityFlag  *bool `toml:"-" json:"enable-detect-flag"`
 	DisableCausalityFile *bool `toml:"disable-detect" json:"disable-detect"`
 	EnableCausalityFile  *bool `toml:"enable-detect" json:"enable-detect"`
-	LoadTableInfos       bool  `toml:"load-table-infos" json:"load-table-infos"`
+	LoadSchemaSnapshot   bool  `toml:"load-schema-snapshot" json:"load-schema-snapshot"`
 
 	// v2 filter rules
 	CaseSensitive    bool                   `toml:"case-sensitive" json:"case-sensitive"`
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 	fs.BoolVar(&cfg.SyncerCfg.SafeMode, "safe-mode", false, "enable safe mode to make syncer reentrant")
 	fs.BoolVar(cfg.SyncerCfg.DisableCausalityFlag, "disable-detect", false, "DEPRECATED, use enable-detect")
 	fs.BoolVar(cfg.SyncerCfg.EnableCausalityFlag, "enable-detect", true, "enable detect causality")
-	fs.BoolVar(&cfg.SyncerCfg.LoadTableInfos, "load-table-infos", false, "load table infos")
+	fs.BoolVar(&cfg.SyncerCfg.LoadSchemaSnapshot, "load-schema-snapshot", false, "init drainer schema info through pd meta interface, need to make sure checkpoint ts is not garbage collected in upstream")
 	fs.IntVar(&maxBinlogItemCount, "cache-binlog-count", defaultBinlogItemCount, "blurry count of binlogs in cache, limit cache size")
 	fs.IntVar(&cfg.SyncedCheckTime, "synced-check-time", defaultSyncedCheckTime, "if we can't detect new binlog after many minute, we think the all binlog is all synced")
 	fs.StringVar(new(string), "log-rotate", "", "DEPRECATED")
diff --git a/drainer/server.go b/drainer/server.go
index fc73f5b95..4ca00f0cf 100644
--- a/drainer/server.go
+++ b/drainer/server.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func createSyncer(etcdURLs string, cp checkpoint.CheckPoint, cfg *SyncerConfig)
 	defer tiStore.Close()
 
 	var jobs []*model.Job
-	if cfg.LoadTableInfos {
+	if cfg.LoadSchemaSnapshot {
 		jobs, err = loadTableInfos(tiStore, cp.TS())
 	} else {
 		jobs, err = loadHistoryDDLJobs(tiStore)
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (s *Server) Start() error {
 		}
 	})
 
-	if s.cfg.SyncerCfg != nil && s.cfg.SyncerCfg.LoadTableInfos {
+	if s.cfg.SyncerCfg != nil && s.cfg.SyncerCfg.LoadSchemaSnapshot {
 		s.tg.GoNoPanic("gc_safepoint", func() {
 			defer func() { go s.Close() }()
 			pdCli, err := getPdClient(s.cfg.EtcdURLs, s.cfg.Security)
diff --git a/drainer/util.go b/drainer/util.go
index b9d2e4bb8..ff573d1cd 100644
--- a/drainer/util.go
+++ b/drainer/util.go
@@ -214,11 +214,22 @@ func loadTableInfos(tiStore kv.Storage, startTs int64) ([]*model.Job, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 		}
+		if len(tableInfos) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
 		for _, tableInfo := range tableInfos {
 			log.L().Debug("load table info", zap.Stringer("db", dbinfo.Name), zap.Stringer("table", tableInfo.Name), zap.Int64("version", version))
-			jobs = append(jobs, mockCreateTableJob(tableInfo, dbinfo.ID, version))
-			version++
 		}
+		jobs = append(jobs, &model.Job{
+			Type:     model.ActionCreateTables,
+			State:    model.JobStateDone,
+			SchemaID: dbinfo.ID,
+			BinlogInfo: &model.HistoryInfo{
+				SchemaVersion:      version,
+				MultipleTableInfos: tableInfos,
+			},
+		})
+		version++
 	}
 	return jobs, nil
 }
@@ -379,15 +390,3 @@ func mockCreateSchemaJob(dbInfo *model.DBInfo, schemaVersion int64) *model.Job {
 		},
 	}
 }
-
-func mockCreateTableJob(tableInfo *model.TableInfo, schemaID, schemaVersion int64) *model.Job {
-	return &model.Job{
-		Type:     model.ActionCreateTable,
-		State:    model.JobStateDone,
-		SchemaID: schemaID,
-		BinlogInfo: &model.HistoryInfo{
-			SchemaVersion: schemaVersion,
-			TableInfo:     tableInfo,
-		},
-	}
-}