diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cb2f7f0e99..bc0ab05ab9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.5.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
+	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2-0.20211117181255-693428a734f5
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
@@ -42,10 +44,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/libcontainer v2.2.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2-0.20181231171920-c182affec369 // indirect
 	github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2-0.20211117181255-693428a734f5 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9310cdd67b..eddb5e7e93 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -460,12 +460,17 @@ github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.1.1/go.mod h1:VKf9jXwCTEY1QZP2MOLRhb5i/I/ssyN
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v0.0.0-20141028054710-7554cd9344ce/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1 h1:dH3aiDG9Jvb5r5+bYHsikaOUIpcM0xvgMXVoDkXMzJM=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1/go.mod h1:JpRdi6/HCYpAwUzNwuwqhbovhLtngrth3wmdIIUrZ80=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.9.2 h1:CG6TE5H9/JXsFWJCfoIVpKFIkFe6ysEuHirp4DxCsHI=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.9.2/go.mod h1:5CU+agLiy3J7N7QjHK5d05KxGsuXiQLrjA0H7acj2lQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0y9vanUI8NX6FsYoO3zeMjhV/C5i9g4Q3DwcSNZ4P60=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack v0.5.3/go.mod h1:ahLV/dePpqEmjfWmKiqvPkv/twdG7iPBM1vqhUKIvfM=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v0.0.0-20161216184304-ed905158d874/go.mod h1:JMRHfdO9jKNzS/+BTlxCjKNQHg/jZAft8U7LloJvN7I=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dHtQlpGsu+cZNNAkkCN/P3hoUDHhCYQXV3UM06sGGrk=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1/go.mod h1:iw975J/qwKPdAO1clOe2L8331t/9/fmwbPZ6JB6eMoM=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1 h1:sUiuQAnLlbvmExtFQs72iFW/HXeUn8Z1aJLQ4LJJbTQ=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.1/go.mod h1:vAew36LZh98gCBJNLH42IQ1ER/9wtLZZ8meHqQvEYWY=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.0/go.mod h1:K6zTfqpRlCUIjkwsN4Z+hiSfzSTQa6eBIzfwKfwNnHU=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:7Xibr9yA9JjQq1JpNB2Vw7kxv8xerXegt+ozgdvDeDU=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:qPfqrKkXGihmCqbJM2mZgkZGvKG1dFdvsLplgctolz4=
diff --git a/pkg/filesystem/nydus/fs.go b/pkg/filesystem/nydus/fs.go
index 8c67b0b0f4..e07c8e7b2a 100644
--- a/pkg/filesystem/nydus/fs.go
+++ b/pkg/filesystem/nydus/fs.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (fs *filesystem) PrepareBlobLayer(ctx context.Context, snapshot storage.Sna
 	start := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
 		duration := time.Since(start)
-		log.G(ctx).Infof("total nydus prepare data layer duration %d", duration.Milliseconds())
+		log.G(ctx).Infof("total nydus prepare data layer duration %d ms", duration.Milliseconds())
 	}()
 
 	if fs.imageMode == OnDemand {
diff --git a/pkg/filesystem/nydus/resolver.go b/pkg/filesystem/nydus/resolver.go
index 066237624c..82245f7d6a 100644
--- a/pkg/filesystem/nydus/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/filesystem/nydus/resolver.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/nydus-snapshotter/pkg/auth"
 	"github.com/containerd/nydus-snapshotter/pkg/utils/registry"
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
+	retryablehttp "github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -61,22 +62,26 @@ func (r *Resolver) Resolve(ref, digest string, labels map[string]string) (io.Rea
 		nref.Context().RepositoryStr(),
 		digest)
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	req, err := retryablehttp.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "faild to new http get %s", url)
 	}
 
-	client := &http.Client{
-		Transport: tr,
-		Timeout:   time.Second * 30,
-	}
+	client := newRetryHTTPClient(tr)
 	res, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "faild to http get %s", url)
 	}
 
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to  GET request with code %d", res.StatusCode)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to GET request with code %d", res.StatusCode)
 	}
 	return res.Body, nil
 }
+
+func newRetryHTTPClient(tr http.RoundTripper) *retryablehttp.Client {
+	retryClient := retryablehttp.NewClient()
+	retryClient.HTTPClient.Transport = tr
+	retryClient.HTTPClient.Timeout = time.Second * 30
+	return retryClient
+}