diff --git a/pkg/disttask/framework/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/disttask/framework/BUILD.bazel
index 067cac82e1..a73a7a3a7d 100644
--- a/pkg/disttask/framework/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/disttask/framework/BUILD.bazel
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ go_test(
     ],
     flaky = True,
     race = "off",
-    shard_count = 31,
+    shard_count = 32,
     deps = [
         "//pkg/disttask/framework/dispatcher",
         "//pkg/disttask/framework/handle",
diff --git a/pkg/disttask/framework/dispatcher/dispatcher.go b/pkg/disttask/framework/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
index ebb7bfa86b..4afbd19675 100644
--- a/pkg/disttask/framework/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
+++ b/pkg/disttask/framework/dispatcher/dispatcher.go
@@ -480,16 +480,20 @@ func (d *BaseDispatcher) onErrHandlingStage(receiveErrs []error) error {
 }
 
 func (d *BaseDispatcher) dispatchSubTask4Revert(meta []byte) error {
-	instanceIDs, err := d.GetAllSchedulerIDs(d.ctx, d.Task)
-	if err != nil {
-		logutil.Logger(d.logCtx).Warn("get task's all instances failed", zap.Error(err))
-		return err
-	}
+	var subTasks []*proto.Subtask
+	// when step of task is `StepInit`, no need to do revert
+	if d.Task.Step != proto.StepInit {
+		instanceIDs, err := d.GetAllSchedulerIDs(d.ctx, d.Task)
+		if err != nil {
+			logutil.Logger(d.logCtx).Warn("get task's all instances failed", zap.Error(err))
+			return err
+		}
 
-	subTasks := make([]*proto.Subtask, 0, len(instanceIDs))
-	for _, id := range instanceIDs {
-		// reverting subtasks belong to the same step as current active step.
-		subTasks = append(subTasks, proto.NewSubtask(d.Task.Step, d.Task.ID, d.Task.Type, id, meta))
+		subTasks = make([]*proto.Subtask, 0, len(instanceIDs))
+		for _, id := range instanceIDs {
+			// reverting subtasks belong to the same step as current active step.
+			subTasks = append(subTasks, proto.NewSubtask(d.Task.Step, d.Task.ID, d.Task.Type, id, meta))
+		}
 	}
 	return d.updateTask(proto.TaskStateReverting, subTasks, RetrySQLTimes)
 }
@@ -615,6 +619,10 @@ func (d *BaseDispatcher) dispatchSubTask(
 		logutil.Logger(d.logCtx).Debug("create subtasks", zap.String("instanceID", instanceID))
 		subTasks = append(subTasks, proto.NewSubtask(subtaskStep, d.Task.ID, d.Task.Type, instanceID, meta))
 	}
+	failpoint.Inject("cancelBeforeUpdateTask", func() {
+		_ = d.updateTask(proto.TaskStateCancelling, subTasks, RetrySQLTimes)
+	})
+
 	return d.updateTask(d.Task.State, subTasks, RetrySQLTimes)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/disttask/framework/framework_test.go b/pkg/disttask/framework/framework_test.go
index e9c5f59660..cc3a942448 100644
--- a/pkg/disttask/framework/framework_test.go
+++ b/pkg/disttask/framework/framework_test.go
@@ -728,3 +728,18 @@ func TestFrameworkCleanUpRoutine(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotEmpty(t, tasks)
 	distContext.Close()
 }
+
+func TestTaskCancelledBeforeUpdateTask(t *testing.T) {
+	var m sync.Map
+	ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx = util.WithInternalSourceType(ctx, "dispatcher")
+
+	RegisterTaskMeta(t, ctrl, &m, &testDispatcherExt{})
+	distContext := testkit.NewDistExecutionContext(t, 1)
+	require.NoError(t, failpoint.Enable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/disttask/framework/dispatcher/cancelBeforeUpdateTask", "1*return(true)"))
+	DispatchTaskAndCheckState(ctx, "key1", t, &m, proto.TaskStateReverted)
+	require.NoError(t, failpoint.Disable("github.com/pingcap/tidb/pkg/disttask/framework/dispatcher/cancelBeforeUpdateTask"))
+	distContext.Close()
+}