diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/DeltaMerge/tests/gtest_dm_vector_index.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/DeltaMerge/tests/gtest_dm_vector_index.cpp
index bc6b603d5c0..3c35f7badb2 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/DeltaMerge/tests/gtest_dm_vector_index.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/DeltaMerge/tests/gtest_dm_vector_index.cpp
@@ -1726,6 +1726,7 @@ class VectorIndexSegmentOnS3Test
         TiFlashStorageTestBasic::SetUp();
 
         auto & global_context = TiFlashTestEnv::getGlobalContext();
+        global_context.getTMTContext().initS3GCManager(nullptr);
 
         global_context.getSharedContextDisagg()->initRemoteDataStore(
             global_context.getFileProvider(),
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/KVStore/TMTContext.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/KVStore/TMTContext.cpp
index f2d9811ceca..4cad221e2f7 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/KVStore/TMTContext.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/KVStore/TMTContext.cpp
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ TMTContext::TMTContext(
 
 void TMTContext::initS3GCManager(const TiFlashRaftProxyHelper * proxy_helper)
 {
-    if (!raftproxy_config.pd_addrs.empty() && S3::ClientFactory::instance().isEnabled()
-        && !context.getSharedContextDisagg()->isDisaggregatedComputeMode())
+    if (S3::ClientFactory::instance().isEnabled() && !context.getSharedContextDisagg()->isDisaggregatedComputeMode())
     {
         kvstore->fetchProxyConfig(proxy_helper);
         if (kvstore->getProxyConfigSummay().valid)
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ void TMTContext::initS3GCManager(const TiFlashRaftProxyHelper * proxy_helper)
                 /*id*/ kvstore->getProxyConfigSummay().engine_addr,
                 etcd_client);
         }
-        else
+        else if (!raftproxy_config.pd_addrs.empty())
         {
             LOG_INFO(
                 Logger::get(),
@@ -188,6 +187,15 @@ void TMTContext::initS3GCManager(const TiFlashRaftProxyHelper * proxy_helper)
             s3gc_owner
                 = OwnerManager::createS3GCOwner(context, /*id*/ raftproxy_config.advertise_engine_addr, etcd_client);
         }
+        else
+        {
+#ifdef DBMS_PUBLIC_GTEST
+            s3gc_owner = OwnerManager::createMockOwner("mocked");
+#else
+            LOG_INFO(Logger::get(), "quit init s3 gc manager, no effective pd addr");
+            return;
+#endif
+        }
         s3gc_owner->campaignOwner(); // start campaign
         s3lock_client = std::make_shared<S3::S3LockClient>(cluster.get(), s3gc_owner);
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Storages/Page/V3/Universal/UniversalPageStorageService.cpp b/dbms/src/Storages/Page/V3/Universal/UniversalPageStorageService.cpp
index 432281db324..9cc62fb0c98 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Storages/Page/V3/Universal/UniversalPageStorageService.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Storages/Page/V3/Universal/UniversalPageStorageService.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ bool UniversalPageStorageService::uploadCheckpoint()
         return false;
     }
     auto s3lock_client = tmt.getS3LockClient();
+    if (s3lock_client == nullptr)
+    {
+        LOG_INFO(log, "Skip checkpoint because s3lock_client is not initialized");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const bool force_upload = upload_all_at_next_upload.load();
     bool upload_done = uploadCheckpointImpl(store_info, s3lock_client, remote_store, force_upload);
     if (force_upload && upload_done)