diff --git a/src/sync/src/syncMain.c b/src/sync/src/syncMain.c
index 8d90315c48b840f258d30ea09290cd365a8f2063..766dbaf174d408d5a3b2fe303821e6aabf4f41b3 100644
--- a/src/sync/src/syncMain.c
+++ b/src/sync/src/syncMain.c
@@ -1209,13 +1209,16 @@ static int32_t syncForwardToPeerImpl(SSyncNode *pNode, void *data, void *mhandle
   int32_t    fwdLen;
   int32_t    code = 0;
 
-  if (nodeRole == TAOS_SYNC_ROLE_SLAVE && pWalHead->version != nodeVersion + 1) {
-    sError("vgId:%d, received ver:%" PRIu64 ", inconsistent with last ver:%" PRIu64 ", restart connection", pNode->vgId,
-           pWalHead->version, nodeVersion);
-    for (int32_t i = 0; i < pNode->replica; ++i) {
-      pPeer = pNode->peerInfo[i];
-      syncRestartConnection(pPeer);
+  if (pWalHead->version > nodeVersion + 1) {
+    sError("vgId:%d, hver:%" PRIu64 ", inconsistent with ver:%" PRIu64, pNode->vgId, pWalHead->version, nodeVersion);
+    if (nodeRole == TAOS_SYNC_ROLE_SLAVE) {
+      sInfo("vgId:%d, restart connection", pNode->vgId);
+      for (int32_t i = 0; i < pNode->replica; ++i) {
+        pPeer = pNode->peerInfo[i];
+        syncRestartConnection(pPeer);
+      }
     }
+
     return TSDB_CODE_SYN_INVALID_VERSION;
   }