diff --git a/br/tests/br_foreign_key/run.sh b/br/tests/br_foreign_key/run.sh
index eafd38a180d40..db6e1a4a1672c 100644
--- a/br/tests/br_foreign_key/run.sh
+++ b/br/tests/br_foreign_key/run.sh
@@ -17,37 +17,40 @@
 set -eu
 DB="$TEST_NAME"
 
-run_sql "set @@global.foreign_key_checks=1;"
-run_sql "set @@foreign_key_checks=1;"
-run_sql "create schema $DB;"
-run_sql "create table $DB.t1 (id int key);"
-run_sql "create table $DB.t2 (id int key, a int, b int, foreign key fk_1 (a) references t1(id) ON UPDATE SET NULL ON DELETE SET NULL, foreign key fk_2 (b) references t1(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE);"
-run_sql "insert into $DB.t1 values (1), (2), (3);"
-run_sql "insert into $DB.t2 values (1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2), (3, 3, 3);"
-run_sql "update $DB.t1 set id=id+10 where id in (1, 3);"
-run_sql "delete from $DB.t1 where id = 2;"
-
-echo "backup start..."
-run_br backup db --db "$DB" -s "local://$TEST_DIR/$DB" --pd $PD_ADDR
-
-run_sql "drop schema $DB;"
-
-echo "restore start..."
-run_br restore db --db $DB -s "local://$TEST_DIR/$DB" --pd $PD_ADDR
-
-set -x
-
-run_sql "select count(*) from $DB.t1;"
-check_contains 'count(*): 2'
-
-run_sql "select count(*) from $DB.t2;"
-check_contains 'count(*): 2'
-
-run_sql "select id, a, b from $DB.t2;"
-check_contains 'id: 1'
-check_contains 'id: 3'
-check_contains 'a: NULL'
-check_contains 'b: 11'
-check_contains 'b: 13'
-
-run_sql "drop schema $DB"
+for DDL_BATCH_SIZE in 1 2;
+do
+  run_sql "set @@global.foreign_key_checks=1;"
+  run_sql "set @@foreign_key_checks=1;"
+  run_sql "create schema $DB;"
+  run_sql "create table $DB.t1 (id int key);"
+  run_sql "create table $DB.t2 (id int key, a int, b int, foreign key fk_1 (a) references t1(id) ON UPDATE SET NULL ON DELETE SET NULL, foreign key fk_2 (b) references t1(id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE);"
+  run_sql "insert into $DB.t1 values (1), (2), (3);"
+  run_sql "insert into $DB.t2 values (1, 1, 1), (2, 2, 2), (3, 3, 3);"
+  run_sql "update $DB.t1 set id=id+10 where id in (1, 3);"
+  run_sql "delete from $DB.t1 where id = 2;"
+
+  echo "backup start..."
+  run_br backup db --db "$DB" -s "local://$TEST_DIR/$DB-$DDL_BATCH_SIZE" --pd $PD_ADDR
+
+  run_sql "drop schema $DB;"
+
+  echo "restore start..."
+  run_br restore db --db $DB -s "local://$TEST_DIR/$DB-$DDL_BATCH_SIZE" --pd $PD_ADDR --ddl-batch-size=$DDL_BATCH_SIZE
+
+  set -x
+
+  run_sql "select count(*) from $DB.t1;"
+  check_contains 'count(*): 2'
+
+  run_sql "select count(*) from $DB.t2;"
+  check_contains 'count(*): 2'
+
+  run_sql "select id, a, b from $DB.t2;"
+  check_contains 'id: 1'
+  check_contains 'id: 3'
+  check_contains 'a: NULL'
+  check_contains 'b: 11'
+  check_contains 'b: 13'
+
+  run_sql "drop schema $DB"
+done
diff --git a/pkg/ddl/table.go b/pkg/ddl/table.go
index b584cfafd6f55..eb058dec02ce3 100644
--- a/pkg/ddl/table.go
+++ b/pkg/ddl/table.go
@@ -177,8 +177,11 @@ func onCreateTable(d *ddlCtx, t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) (ver int64, _ error)
 
 func createTableWithForeignKeys(d *ddlCtx, t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job, tbInfo *model.TableInfo, fkCheck bool) (ver int64, err error) {
 	switch tbInfo.State {
-	case model.StateNone:
-		// create table in non-public state
+	case model.StateNone, model.StatePublic:
+		// create table in non-public or public state. The function `createTable` will always reset
+		// the `tbInfo.State` with `model.StateNone`, so it's fine to just call the `createTable` with
+		// public state.
+		// when `br` restores table, the state of `tbInfo` will be public.
 		tbInfo, err = createTable(d, t, job, fkCheck)
 		if err != nil {
 			return ver, errors.Trace(err)