diff --git a/executor/builder.go b/executor/builder.go
index 712605abc4abd..e607f14fcb484 100644
--- a/executor/builder.go
+++ b/executor/builder.go
@@ -2610,7 +2610,12 @@ type mockPhysicalIndexReader struct {
 
 func (builder *dataReaderBuilder) buildExecutorForIndexJoin(ctx context.Context, lookUpContents []*indexJoinLookUpContent,
 	IndexRanges []*ranger.Range, keyOff2IdxOff []int, cwc *plannercore.ColWithCmpFuncManager) (Executor, error) {
-	switch v := builder.Plan.(type) {
+	return builder.buildExecutorForIndexJoinInternal(ctx, builder.Plan, lookUpContents, IndexRanges, keyOff2IdxOff, cwc)
+}
+
+func (builder *dataReaderBuilder) buildExecutorForIndexJoinInternal(ctx context.Context, plan plannercore.Plan, lookUpContents []*indexJoinLookUpContent,
+	IndexRanges []*ranger.Range, keyOff2IdxOff []int, cwc *plannercore.ColWithCmpFuncManager) (Executor, error) {
+	switch v := plan.(type) {
 	case *plannercore.PhysicalTableReader:
 		return builder.buildTableReaderForIndexJoin(ctx, v, lookUpContents)
 	case *plannercore.PhysicalIndexReader:
@@ -2627,6 +2632,19 @@ func (builder *dataReaderBuilder) buildExecutorForIndexJoin(ctx context.Context,
 	// Then we need a Projection upon IndexLookupReader to prune the redundant column.
 	case *plannercore.PhysicalProjection:
 		return builder.buildProjectionForIndexJoin(ctx, v, lookUpContents, IndexRanges, keyOff2IdxOff, cwc)
+	// Need to support physical selection because after PR 16389, TiDB will push down all the expr supported by TiKV or TiFlash
+	// in predicate push down stage, so if there is an expr which only supported by TiFlash, a physical selection will be added after index read
+	case *plannercore.PhysicalSelection:
+		childExec, err := builder.buildExecutorForIndexJoinInternal(ctx, v.Children()[0], lookUpContents, IndexRanges, keyOff2IdxOff, cwc)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		exec := &SelectionExec{
+			baseExecutor: newBaseExecutor(builder.ctx, v.Schema(), v.ExplainID(), childExec),
+			filters:      v.Conditions,
+		}
+		err = exec.open(ctx)
+		return exec, err
 	case *mockPhysicalIndexReader:
 		return v.e, nil
 	}
diff --git a/executor/executor.go b/executor/executor.go
index 1a1157fdbd6cb..5363a964a03cc 100644
--- a/executor/executor.go
+++ b/executor/executor.go
@@ -1169,6 +1169,10 @@ func (e *SelectionExec) Open(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err := e.baseExecutor.Open(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	return e.open(ctx)
+}
+
+func (e *SelectionExec) open(ctx context.Context) error {
 	e.memTracker = memory.NewTracker(e.id, -1)
 	e.memTracker.AttachTo(e.ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.MemTracker)
 	e.childResult = newFirstChunk(e.children[0])
diff --git a/expression/integration_test.go b/expression/integration_test.go
index c83fc402851ce..59a0254b1abb7 100755
--- a/expression/integration_test.go
+++ b/expression/integration_test.go
@@ -4976,6 +4976,29 @@ func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestExprPushdown(c *C) {
 	tk.MustQuery("select id from t use index(key2) where substr(col2, 1, 1) = '5' and substr(col1, 1, 1) = '4'").Check(testkit.Rows("3"))
 	tk.MustQuery("select count(id) from t use index(key2) where substr(col2, 1, 1) = '5' and substr(col1, 1, 1) = '4'").Check(testkit.Rows("1"))
 }
+func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestIssue16973(c *C) {
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t1")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t1(id varchar(36) not null primary key, org_id varchar(36) not null, " +
+		"status tinyint default 1 not null, ns varchar(36) default '' not null);")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t2(id varchar(36) not null primary key, order_id varchar(36) not null, " +
+		"begin_time timestamp(3) default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(3) not null);")
+	tk.MustExec("create index idx_oid on t2(order_id);")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t1 value (1,1,1,'a');")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t1 value (2,1,2,'a');")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t1 value (3,1,3,'a');")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t2 value (1,2,date'2020-05-08');")
+
+	rows := tk.MustQuery("explain SELECT /*+ INL_MERGE_JOIN(t1,t2) */ COUNT(*) FROM  t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.order_id WHERE t1.ns = 'a' AND t1.org_id IN (1) " +
+		"AND t1.status IN (2,6,10) AND timestampdiff(month, t2.begin_time, date'2020-05-06') = 0;").Rows()
+	c.Assert(fmt.Sprintf("%v", rows[1][0]), Matches, ".*IndexMergeJoin.*")
+	c.Assert(fmt.Sprintf("%v", rows[4][3]), Equals, "table:t1")
+	c.Assert(fmt.Sprintf("%v", rows[5][0]), Matches, ".*Selection.*")
+	c.Assert(fmt.Sprintf("%v", rows[9][3]), Equals, "table:t2")
+	tk.MustQuery("SELECT /*+ INL_MERGE_JOIN(t1,t2) */ COUNT(*) FROM  t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.order_id WHERE t1.ns = 'a' AND t1.org_id IN (1) " +
+		"AND t1.status IN (2,6,10) AND timestampdiff(month, t2.begin_time, date'2020-05-06') = 0;").Check(testkit.Rows("1"))
+}
 
 func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestExprPushdownBlacklist(c *C) {
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)