diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/meta_manager.go b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/meta_manager.go
index 2d9875ad56960..7f1546d552aa7 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/meta_manager.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/meta_manager.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ type tableMetaMgr interface {
 	UpdateTableStatus(ctx context.Context, status metaStatus) error
 	UpdateTableBaseChecksum(ctx context.Context, checksum *verify.KVChecksum) error
 	CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checksum *verify.KVChecksum, hasLocalDupes bool) (
-		needChecksum bool, needRemoteDupe bool, baseTotalChecksum *verify.KVChecksum, err error)
+		otherHasDupe bool, needRemoteDupe bool, baseTotalChecksum *verify.KVChecksum, err error)
 	FinishTable(ctx context.Context) error
 }
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func (m *dbTableMetaMgr) UpdateTableStatus(ctx context.Context, status metaStatu
 }
 
 func (m *dbTableMetaMgr) CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checksum *verify.KVChecksum, hasLocalDupes bool) (
-	needChecksum bool, needRemoteDupe bool, baseTotalChecksum *verify.KVChecksum, err error,
+	otherHasDupe bool, needRemoteDupe bool, baseTotalChecksum *verify.KVChecksum, err error,
 ) {
 	conn, err := m.session.Conn(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func (m *dbTableMetaMgr) CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checks
 		taskHasDuplicates                          bool
 	)
 	newStatus := metaStatusChecksuming
-	needChecksum = true
+	otherHasDupe = false
 	needRemoteDupe = true
 	err = exec.Transact(ctx, "checksum pre-check", func(ctx context.Context, tx *sql.Tx) error {
 		rows, err := tx.QueryContext(
@@ -423,9 +423,7 @@ func (m *dbTableMetaMgr) CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checks
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if taskHasDuplicates {
-				needChecksum = false
-			}
+			otherHasDupe = otherHasDupe || taskHasDuplicates
 
 			// skip finished meta
 			if status >= metaStatusFinished {
@@ -436,7 +434,6 @@ func (m *dbTableMetaMgr) CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checks
 				if status >= metaStatusChecksuming {
 					newStatus = status
 					needRemoteDupe = status == metaStatusChecksuming
-					needChecksum = needChecksum && needRemoteDupe
 					return nil
 				}
 
@@ -445,7 +442,6 @@ func (m *dbTableMetaMgr) CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checks
 
 			if status < metaStatusChecksuming {
 				newStatus = metaStatusChecksumSkipped
-				needChecksum = false
 				needRemoteDupe = false
 				break
 			} else if status == metaStatusChecksuming {
@@ -475,12 +471,13 @@ func (m *dbTableMetaMgr) CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checks
 		return false, false, nil, err
 	}
 
-	if needChecksum {
+	if !otherHasDupe && needRemoteDupe {
 		ck := verify.MakeKVChecksum(totalBytes, totalKvs, totalChecksum)
 		baseTotalChecksum = &ck
 	}
 	log.FromContext(ctx).Info("check table checksum", zap.String("table", m.tr.tableName),
-		zap.Bool("checksum", needChecksum), zap.String("new_status", newStatus.String()))
+		zap.Bool("otherHasDupe", otherHasDupe), zap.Bool("needRemoteDupe", needRemoteDupe),
+		zap.String("new_status", newStatus.String()))
 	return
 }
 
@@ -1073,7 +1070,7 @@ func (m noopTableMetaMgr) UpdateTableBaseChecksum(ctx context.Context, checksum
 }
 
 func (m noopTableMetaMgr) CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx context.Context, checksum *verify.KVChecksum, hasLocalDupes bool) (bool, bool, *verify.KVChecksum, error) {
-	return true, true, &verify.KVChecksum{}, nil
+	return false, true, &verify.KVChecksum{}, nil
 }
 
 func (m noopTableMetaMgr) FinishTable(ctx context.Context) error {
diff --git a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go
index 86d3ed2622ddc..fc669a271b2a6 100644
--- a/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go
+++ b/br/pkg/lightning/restore/table_restore.go
@@ -794,11 +794,19 @@ func (tr *TableRestore) postProcess(
 			}
 			hasDupe = hasLocalDupe
 		}
+		failpoint.Inject("SlowDownCheckDupe", func(v failpoint.Value) {
+			sec := v.(int)
+			tr.logger.Warn("start to sleep several seconds before checking other dupe",
+				zap.Int("seconds", sec))
+			time.Sleep(time.Duration(sec) * time.Second)
+		})
 
-		needChecksum, needRemoteDupe, baseTotalChecksum, err := metaMgr.CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx, &localChecksum, hasDupe)
+		otherHasDupe, needRemoteDupe, baseTotalChecksum, err := metaMgr.CheckAndUpdateLocalChecksum(ctx, &localChecksum, hasDupe)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
+		needChecksum := !otherHasDupe && needRemoteDupe
+		hasDupe = hasDupe || otherHasDupe
 
 		if needRemoteDupe && rc.cfg.TikvImporter.DuplicateResolution != config.DupeResAlgNone {
 			opts := &kv.SessionOptions{
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/config1.toml b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/config1.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a72bc7a3718cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/config1.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[lightning]
+task-info-schema-name = 'lightning_task_info_dupe_resolve_incremental'
+index-concurrency = 10
+table-concurrency = 10
+
+[tikv-importer]
+backend = "local"
+on-duplicate = "replace"
+duplicate-resolution = "remove"
+incremental-import = true
+
+[checkpoint]
+enable = true
+schema = "tidb_lightning_checkpoint_dupe_resolve_incremental1"
+driver = "mysql"
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i).*(-schema-trigger|-schema-post)\.sql$'
+type = 'ignore'
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i)^(?:[^/]*/)*([^/.]+)-schema-create\.sql$'
+schema = '$1'
+type = 'schema-schema'
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i)^(?:[^/]*/)*([^/.]+)\.(.*?)-schema\.sql$'
+schema = '$1'
+table = '$2'
+type = 'table-schema'
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i)^(?:[^/]*/)*([^/.]+)\.(.*?)\.0\.sql$'
+schema = '$1'
+table = '$2'
+key = '0'
+type = 'sql'
+
+[post-restore]
+analyze = false
+checksum = "optional"
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/config2.toml b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/config2.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb29511a9b432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/config2.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+[lightning]
+task-info-schema-name = 'lightning_task_info_dupe_resolve_incremental'
+index-concurrency = 10
+table-concurrency = 10
+
+[tikv-importer]
+backend = "local"
+on-duplicate = "replace"
+duplicate-resolution = "remove"
+incremental-import = true
+
+[checkpoint]
+enable = true
+schema = "tidb_lightning_checkpoint_dupe_resolve_incremental2"
+driver = "mysql"
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i).*(-schema-trigger|-schema-post)\.sql$'
+type = 'ignore'
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i)^(?:[^/]*/)*([^/.]+)-schema-create\.sql$'
+schema = '$1'
+type = 'schema-schema'
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i)^(?:[^/]*/)*([^/.]+)\.(.*?)-schema\.sql$'
+schema = '$1'
+table = '$2'
+type = 'table-schema'
+
+[[mydumper.files]]
+pattern = '(?i)^(?:[^/]*/)*([^/.]+)\.(.*?)\.1\.sql$'
+schema = '$1'
+table = '$2'
+key = '1'
+type = 'sql'
+
+[post-restore]
+analyze = false
+checksum = "optional"
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect-schema-create.sql b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect-schema-create.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..202de81067861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect-schema-create.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+create schema dup_resolve_detect;
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta-schema.sql b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta-schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fb6cf2d5a7651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta-schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+create table ta (
+    id varchar(11) not null primary key nonclustered, -- use varchar here to make sure _tidb_rowid will be generated
+    name varchar(20) not null,
+    size bigint not null,
+    unique key uni_name(name)
+);
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta.0.sql b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta.0.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ee29f689e8792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta.0.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+insert into ta values (3, '3c49f3bd', 6194643990092531757);
+insert into ta values (13, '1da87b44', 3724743701402246028);
+insert into ta values (6, '8b080186', 4840750639653607661);
+insert into ta values (1, 'c83c0e6a', 5057094372111243649);
+insert into ta values (12, 'dd73baf5', 2295098755414696158);
+insert into ta values (4, '1cf99fa1', 2520784525406914042);
+insert into ta values (11, 'b238a0e6', 3314555604794199537);
+insert into ta values (10, 'a489c47a', 7706822128523578708);
+insert into ta values (10, '9a54941e', 4969369552499069659);
+insert into ta values (2, 'e7c90179', 1305347797378229715);
+insert into ta values (9, '75e0344a', 500154046394880294);
+insert into ta values (9, 'c3e8fc36', 5880042654284780409);
+insert into ta values (6, 'd6835599', 2703142091339420770);
+insert into ta values (5, 'c4a9c3a3', 6725275961959702206);
+insert into ta values (14, 'eb1ab0dd', 5442878220607642694);
+insert into ta values (7, '78e166f4', 7062852002089313920);
+insert into ta values (8, '20986b65', 5485014514564267319);
+insert into ta values (8, '9bd4d7a9', 9085469020413045798);
+insert into ta values (15, 'd4aa9a8a', 546189610059969690);
+insert into ta values (7, 'a7870c06', 3615729521258364152);
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta.1.sql b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta.1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..88b67b051fe6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/data/dup_resolve_detect.ta.1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+insert into ta values (111, 'bcf4e75f', 3304674741328415661);
+insert into ta values (112, 'c08078e9', 7464585077725645791);
+insert into ta values (113, 'ca05b4b2', 1280363363179468054);
+insert into ta values (114, '8a094c96', 107578474892900608);
+insert into ta values (115, 'f38efac2', 5273601814057696410);
+insert into ta values (116, '5bf0cb56', 7276272767003446282);
+insert into ta values (117, 'c8836b45', 653431702983792793);
+insert into ta values (118, '7470ba67', 5617407618564683998);
+insert into ta values (119, '466e1e95', 6827370124386922419);
+insert into ta values (120, '41df97f3', 2296443172527920942);
+insert into ta values (121, 'bd644f43', 6038622426427289955);
+insert into ta values (122, '96aeb918', 1496857236328804363);
+insert into ta values (123, '232448f7', 1199921720244646472);
+insert into ta values (124, 'd296d6e4', 5705035255191089143);
+insert into ta values (125, '194ec1d8', 6895413645725179445);
+insert into ta values (126, 'a53238ec', 1527836891202149330);
diff --git a/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/run.sh b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b1bf1e3869d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/br/tests/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2022 PingCAP, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eux
+
+check_cluster_version 5 2 0 'duplicate detection' || exit 0
+
+LOG_FILE1="$TEST_DIR/lightning-duplicate-resolution1.log"
+LOG_FILE2="$TEST_DIR/lightning-duplicate-resolution2.log"
+
+# let lightning run a bit slow to avoid some table in the first lightning finish too fast.
+export GO_FAILPOINTS="github.com/pingcap/tidb/br/pkg/lightning/restore/SlowDownCheckDupe=return(10)"
+run_lightning --backend local --sorted-kv-dir "$TEST_DIR/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental.sorted1" \
+  --enable-checkpoint=1 --log-file "$LOG_FILE1" --config "tests/$TEST_NAME/config1.toml" &
+
+counter=0
+while [ $counter -lt 10 ]; do
+    if grep -Fq "start to sleep several seconds before checking other dupe" "$LOG_FILE1"; then
+        echo "lightning 1 already starts waiting for dupe"
+        break
+    fi
+    ((counter += 1))
+    echo "waiting for lightning 1 starts"
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+if [ $counter -ge 10 ]; then
+  echo "fail to wait for lightning 1 starts"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+run_lightning --backend local --sorted-kv-dir "$TEST_DIR/lightning_duplicate_resolution_incremental.sorted2" \
+  --enable-checkpoint=1 --log-file "$LOG_FILE2" --config "tests/$TEST_NAME/config2.toml" &
+
+wait
+
+export GO_FAILPOINTS=""
+
+# Ensure table is consistent.
+run_sql 'admin check table dup_resolve_detect.ta'
+
+# Check data correctness
+run_sql 'select count(*), sum(id) from dup_resolve_detect.ta where id < 100'
+check_contains 'count(*): 10'
+check_contains 'sum(id): 80'
+
+run_sql 'select count(*), sum(id) from dup_resolve_detect.ta where id > 100'
+check_contains 'count(*): 16'
+check_contains 'sum(id): 1896'