diff --git a/ddl/ddl_api.go b/ddl/ddl_api.go
index 7940822fdfd0c..379449037d59d 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_api.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_api.go
@@ -1259,7 +1259,16 @@ func (d *ddl) getModifiableColumnJob(ctx context.Context, ident ast.Ident, origi
 	}
 
 	newCol := table.ToColumn(&model.ColumnInfo{
-		ID:                 col.ID,
+		ID: col.ID,
+		// We use this PR(https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/pull/6274) as the dividing line to define whether it is a new version or an old version TiDB.
+		// The old version TiDB initializes the column's offset and state here.
+		// The new version TiDB doesn't initialize the column's offset and state, and it will do the initialization in run DDL function.
+		// When we do the rolling upgrade the following may happen:
+		// a new version TiDB builds the DDL job that doesn't be set the column's offset and state,
+		// and the old version TiDB is the DDL owner, it doesn't get offset and state from the store. Then it will encounter errors.
+		// So here we set offset and state to support the rolling upgrade.
+		Offset:             col.Offset,
+		State:              col.State,
 		OriginDefaultValue: col.OriginDefaultValue,
 		FieldType:          *spec.NewColumn.Tp,
 		Name:               spec.NewColumn.Name.Name,