diff --git a/dm/dm/master/scheduler/scheduler.go b/dm/dm/master/scheduler/scheduler.go
index bfcdbc1a3d5..519fabcb804 100644
--- a/dm/dm/master/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/dm/dm/master/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -813,20 +813,6 @@ func (s *Scheduler) AddSubTasks(latched bool, cfgs ...config.SubTaskConfig) erro
 		m[stage.Source] = stage
 	}
 
-	// 6. check if we can resolve load task by scheduling the source to the worker which has dump files on local disk.
-	for _, cfg := range newCfgs {
-		source := cfg.SourceID
-		worker, ok := s.bounds[source]
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if err2 := s.tryResolveLoadTask(worker.BaseInfo().Name, source); err2 != nil {
-			s.logger.Error("in AddSubTasks, error when try resolve load task",
-				zap.String("worker", worker.BaseInfo().Name),
-				zap.String("source", source))
-		}
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/dm/tests/load_task/run.sh b/dm/tests/load_task/run.sh
index 34b26f94c02..24251f6ada6 100755
--- a/dm/tests/load_task/run.sh
+++ b/dm/tests/load_task/run.sh
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function stop_task_left_load() {
 		"query-status load_task1" \
 		"different worker in load stage, previous worker: worker1, current worker: worker2" 1
 
-	# now left a load_task KV in etcd
+	# now stop this task without clean meta (left a load_task KV in etcd)
 	run_dm_ctl $WORK_DIR "127.0.0.1:$MASTER_PORT" \
 		"stop-task load_task1" \
 		"\"result\": true" 2