diff --git a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
index 91b4792f4f7379ad5cdb407255782b839f12caf1..4bbf12b7587d07377f220947cdd2b3a7f0a6c634 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static void doInitGlobalConfig() {
                      0, 0, tListLen(tsCharset), TSDB_CFG_UTYPE_NONE);
 
   tsInitConfigOption(cfg++, "tcptransferThreshold", &tsTCPTransferThreshold, TSDB_CFG_VTYPE_INT,
-                     TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_SHOW,
+                     TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_SHOW | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CLIENT,
                      500, 65480, 0, TSDB_CFG_UTYPE_BYTE);
 
   // connect configs