diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/importer/ImporterStoreClient.java b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/importer/ImporterStoreClient.java
index 006bf517334..79c302c314c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/importer/ImporterStoreClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/importer/ImporterStoreClient.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public void switchMode(ImportSstpb.SwitchMode mode) {
 
   @Override
   protected ImportSSTGrpc.ImportSSTBlockingStub getBlockingStub() {
-    return blockingStub.withDeadlineAfter(conf.getTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    return blockingStub.withDeadlineAfter(conf.getIngestTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
   }
 
   @Override