diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndShow.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndShow.c
index c50b205f37..44f4751700 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndShow.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndShow.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #define SHOW_STEP_SIZE 100
 #define SHOW_COLS_STEP_SIZE 4096
+#define SHOW_PRIVILEGES_STEP_SIZE 2048
 
 static SShowObj *mndCreateShowObj(SMnode *pMnode, SRetrieveTableReq *pReq);
 static void      mndFreeShowObj(SShowObj *pShow);
@@ -234,6 +235,8 @@ static int32_t mndProcessRetrieveSysTableReq(SRpcMsg *pReq) {
 
   if(pShow->type == TSDB_MGMT_TABLE_COL){   // expend capacity for ins_columns
     rowsToRead = SHOW_COLS_STEP_SIZE;
+  } else if (pShow->type == TSDB_MGMT_TABLE_PRIVILEGES) {
+    rowsToRead = SHOW_PRIVILEGES_STEP_SIZE;
   }
   ShowRetrieveFp retrieveFp = pMgmt->retrieveFps[pShow->type];
   if (retrieveFp == NULL) {
diff --git a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndUser.c b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndUser.c
index 07637586cc..65c1cfbea2 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndUser.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mnode/impl/src/mndUser.c
@@ -1213,16 +1213,34 @@ static int32_t mndRetrievePrivileges(SRpcMsg *pReq, SShowObj *pShow, SSDataBlock
   int32_t   cols = 0;
   char     *pWrite;
 
+  bool     fetchNextUser = pShow->restore ? false : true;
+  pShow->restore = false;
+
   while (numOfRows < rows) {
-    pShow->pIter = sdbFetch(pSdb, SDB_USER, pShow->pIter, (void **)&pUser);
-    if (pShow->pIter == NULL) break;
+    if (fetchNextUser) {
+      pShow->pIter = sdbFetch(pSdb, SDB_USER, pShow->pIter, (void **)&pUser);
+      if (pShow->pIter == NULL) break;
+    } else {
+      fetchNextUser = true;
+      void *pKey = taosHashGetKey(pShow->pIter, NULL);
+      pUser = sdbAcquire(pSdb, SDB_USER, pKey);
+      if (!pUser) {
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
 
     int32_t numOfReadDbs = taosHashGetSize(pUser->readDbs);
     int32_t numOfWriteDbs = taosHashGetSize(pUser->writeDbs);
     int32_t numOfTopics = taosHashGetSize(pUser->topics);
     int32_t numOfReadTbs = taosHashGetSize(pUser->readTbs);
     int32_t numOfWriteTbs = taosHashGetSize(pUser->writeTbs);
-    if (numOfRows + numOfReadDbs + numOfWriteDbs + numOfTopics + numOfReadTbs + numOfWriteTbs >= rows) break;
+    if (numOfRows + numOfReadDbs + numOfWriteDbs + numOfTopics + numOfReadTbs + numOfWriteTbs >= rows) {
+      mInfo("will restore. current num of rows: %d, read dbs %d, write dbs %d, topics %d, read tables %d, write tables %d", 
+        numOfRows, numOfReadDbs, numOfWriteDbs, numOfTopics, numOfReadTbs, numOfWriteTbs);
+      pShow->restore = true;
+      sdbRelease(pSdb, pUser);
+      break;
+    }
 
     if (pUser->superUser) {
       cols = 0;