diff --git a/pkg/ddl/tests/fail/fail_db_test.go b/pkg/ddl/tests/fail/fail_db_test.go
index da4a9018c18a5..36ae8f8f31c4b 100644
--- a/pkg/ddl/tests/fail/fail_db_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ddl/tests/fail/fail_db_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ func TestHalfwayCancelOperations(t *testing.T) {
 	tk.MustExec("use cancel_job_db")
 	tk.MustExec("select * from tx")
 	// test for exchanging partition
+	limit := variable.GetDDLErrorCountLimit()
+	variable.SetDDLErrorCountLimit(3)
+	defer func() {
+		variable.SetDDLErrorCountLimit(limit)
+	}()
 	require.NoError(t, failpoint.Enable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/ddl/exchangePartitionErr", `return(true)`))
 	defer func() {
 		require.NoError(t, failpoint.Disable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/ddl/exchangePartitionErr"))