diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStream.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStream.c
index a978818a9e..ed2af8ebc8 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStream.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndStream.c
@@ -1205,6 +1205,7 @@ static int32_t mndProcessStreamDoCheckpoint(SRpcMsg *pReq) {
   }
 
   mDebug("start to trigger checkpoint, checkpointId: %" PRId64, checkpointId);
+  mndTransSetSerial(pTrans);
 
   const char *pDb = mndGetStreamDB(pMnode);
   mndTransSetDbName(pTrans, pDb, "checkpoint");