diff --git a/ddl/fail_db_test.go b/ddl/fail_db_test.go
index 9f62fc988ba08..85d3eaaf8e6db 100644
--- a/ddl/fail_db_test.go
+++ b/ddl/fail_db_test.go
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ func (s *testFailDBSuite) TestHalfwayCancelOperations(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(row.Len(), Equals, 1)
 	c.Assert(row.GetInt64(0), DeepEquals, int64(1))
 	c.Assert(rs[0].Close(), IsNil)
-	// Reload schema.
-	s.dom.ResetHandle(s.store)
+	// Execute ddl statement reload schema.
+	_, err = s.se.Execute(context.Background(), "alter table t comment 'test1'")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	err = s.dom.DDL().(ddl.DDLForTest).GetHook().OnChanged(nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	s.se, err = session.CreateSession4Test(s.store)
@@ -105,8 +106,8 @@ func (s *testFailDBSuite) TestHalfwayCancelOperations(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	// test for renaming table
-	gofail.Enable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl/errRenameTable", `return(true)`)
-	defer gofail.Disable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl/errRenameTable")
+	gofail.Enable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl/renameTableErr", `return(true)`)
+	defer gofail.Disable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl/renameTableErr")
 	_, err = s.se.Execute(context.Background(), "create table tx(a int)")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	_, err = s.se.Execute(context.Background(), "insert into tx values(1)")
@@ -124,8 +125,9 @@ func (s *testFailDBSuite) TestHalfwayCancelOperations(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(row.Len(), Equals, 1)
 	c.Assert(row.GetInt64(0), DeepEquals, int64(1))
 	c.Assert(rs[0].Close(), IsNil)
-	// Reload schema.
-	s.dom.ResetHandle(s.store)
+	// Execute ddl statement reload schema.
+	_, err = s.se.Execute(context.Background(), "alter table tx comment 'tx'")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	err = s.dom.DDL().(ddl.DDLForTest).GetHook().OnChanged(nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	s.se, err = session.CreateSession4Test(s.store)
diff --git a/domain/domain.go b/domain/domain.go
index 15058ee13534b..00ffba1fa52ca 100644
--- a/domain/domain.go
+++ b/domain/domain.go
@@ -533,11 +533,6 @@ func NewDomain(store kv.Storage, ddlLease time.Duration, statsLease time.Duratio
 	}
 }
 
-// ResetHandle resets the domain's infoschema handle. It is used for testing.
-func (do *Domain) ResetHandle(store kv.Storage) {
-	do.infoHandle = infoschema.NewHandle(store)
-}
-
 // Init initializes a domain.
 func (do *Domain) Init(ddlLease time.Duration, sysFactory func(*Domain) (pools.Resource, error)) error {
 	if ebd, ok := do.store.(EtcdBackend); ok {