diff --git a/pkg/pdutil/pd.go b/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
index 3ffa6fe4c..5685bb775 100644
--- a/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
+++ b/pkg/pdutil/pd.go
@@ -187,18 +187,7 @@ func NewPdController(
 		return nil, errors.Annotatef(berrors.ErrPDUpdateFailed, "pd address (%s) not available, please check network", pdAddrs)
 	}
 
-	version, err := semver.NewVersion(string(versionBytes))
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("fail back to v0.0.0 version",
-			zap.ByteString("version", versionBytes), zap.Error(err))
-		version = &semver.Version{Major: 0, Minor: 0, Patch: 0}
-	}
-	failpoint.Inject("PDEnabledPauseConfig", func(val failpoint.Value) {
-		if val.(bool) {
-			// test pause config is enable
-			version = &semver.Version{Major: 5, Minor: 0, Patch: 0}
-		}
-	})
+	version := parseVersion(versionBytes)
 	maxCallMsgSize := []grpc.DialOption{
 		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(maxMsgSize)),
 		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.MaxCallSendMsgSize(maxMsgSize)),
@@ -224,6 +213,26 @@ func NewPdController(
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func parseVersion(versionBytes []byte) *semver.Version {
+	// we need trim space or semver will parse failed
+	v := strings.TrimSpace(string(versionBytes))
+	v = strings.Trim(v, "\"")
+	v = strings.TrimPrefix(v, "v")
+	version, err := semver.NewVersion(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn("fail back to v0.0.0 version",
+			zap.ByteString("version", versionBytes), zap.Error(err))
+		version = &semver.Version{Major: 0, Minor: 0, Patch: 0}
+	}
+	failpoint.Inject("PDEnabledPauseConfig", func(val failpoint.Value) {
+		if val.(bool) {
+			// test pause config is enable
+			version = &semver.Version{Major: 5, Minor: 0, Patch: 0}
+		}
+	})
+	return version
+}
+
 func (p *PdController) isPauseConfigEnabled() bool {
 	return p.version.Compare(pauseConfigVersion) >= 0
 }
@@ -504,7 +513,7 @@ func restoreSchedulers(ctx context.Context, pd *PdController, clusterCfg cluster
 	prefix := make([]string, 0, 1)
 	if pd.isPauseConfigEnabled() {
 		// set config's ttl to zero, make temporary config invalid immediately.
-		prefix = append(prefix, fmt.Sprintf("%s?ttlSecond=%d", schedulerPrefix, 0))
+		prefix = append(prefix, fmt.Sprintf("%s?ttlSecond=%d", scheduleConfigPrefix, 0))
 	}
 	// reset config with previous value.
 	if err := pd.doUpdatePDScheduleConfig(ctx, mergeCfg, pdRequest, prefix...); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/pdutil/pd_test.go b/pkg/pdutil/pd_test.go
index b3cfbc6cb..c2a84932a 100644
--- a/pkg/pdutil/pd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pdutil/pd_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver"
 	. "github.com/pingcap/check"
 	"github.com/pingcap/kvproto/pkg/metapb"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/util/codec"
@@ -157,3 +158,12 @@ func (s *testPDControllerSuite) TestRegionCount(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(resp, Equals, 2)
 }
+
+func (s *testPDControllerSuite) TestPDVersion(c *C) {
+	v := []byte("\"v4.1.0-alpha1\"\n")
+	r := parseVersion(v)
+	expectV := semver.New("4.1.0-alpha1")
+	c.Assert(r.Major, Equals, expectV.Major)
+	c.Assert(r.Minor, Equals, expectV.Minor)
+	c.Assert(r.PreRelease, Equals, expectV.PreRelease)
+}