diff --git a/store/driver/txn/error.go b/store/driver/txn/error.go
index 65f95c4dad..e2e12cfde6 100644
--- a/store/driver/txn/error.go
+++ b/store/driver/txn/error.go
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ func toTiDBErr(err error) error {
 		return kv.ErrNotExist
 	}
 
+	if e, ok := err.(*tikverr.ErrTxnTooLarge); ok {
+		return kv.ErrTxnTooLarge.GenWithStackByArgs(e.Size)
+	}
+
 	if errors.ErrorEqual(err, tikverr.ErrCannotSetNilValue) {
 		return kv.ErrCannotSetNilValue
 	}
diff --git a/store/tikv/error/error.go b/store/tikv/error/error.go
index f961738629..4c6015ba4e 100644
--- a/store/tikv/error/error.go
+++ b/store/tikv/error/error.go
@@ -139,6 +139,15 @@ func (k *ErrRetryable) Error() string {
 	return k.Retryable
 }
 
+// ErrTxnTooLarge is the error when transaction is too large, lock time reached the maximum value.
+type ErrTxnTooLarge struct {
+	Size int
+}
+
+func (e *ErrTxnTooLarge) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("txn too large, size: %v.", e.Size)
+}
+
 // ErrEntryTooLarge is the error when a key value entry is too large.
 type ErrEntryTooLarge struct {
 	Limit uint64
diff --git a/store/tikv/unionstore/memdb.go b/store/tikv/unionstore/memdb.go
index fa2f8dad77..7bfc11971e 100644
--- a/store/tikv/unionstore/memdb.go
+++ b/store/tikv/unionstore/memdb.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"unsafe"
 
-	tidbkv "github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	tikverr "github.com/pingcap/tidb/store/tikv/error"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/store/tikv/kv"
 )
@@ -310,7 +309,7 @@ func (db *MemDB) set(key []byte, value []byte, ops ...kv.FlagsOp) error {
 
 	db.setValue(x, value)
 	if uint64(db.Size()) > db.bufferSizeLimit {
-		return tidbkv.ErrTxnTooLarge.GenWithStackByArgs(db.Size())
+		return &tikverr.ErrTxnTooLarge{Size: db.Size()}
 	}
 	return nil
 }