diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/RegionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/RegionManager.java
index 129afaf9d5..9678d9e813 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/RegionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/RegionManager.java
@@ -177,8 +177,13 @@ public TiRegion getRegionByKey(ByteString key, BackOffer backOffer) {
         Pair<Metapb.Region, Metapb.Peer> regionAndLeader = pdClient.getRegionByKey(backOffer, key);
         region =
             cache.putRegion(createRegion(regionAndLeader.first, regionAndLeader.second, backOffer));
+        logger.debug(
+            String.format(
+                "get region id: %d with leader: %d",
+                region.getId(), region.getLeader().getStoreId()));
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
+      logger.warn("Get region failed: ", e);
       return null;
     } finally {
       requestTimer.observeDuration();
@@ -240,6 +245,10 @@ public Pair<TiRegion, TiStore> getRegionStorePairByKey(
         }
         logger.info("Store {} is unreachable, try to get the next replica", peer.getStoreId());
       }
+      // Does not set unreachable store to null in case it is incompatible with GrpcForward
+      if (store == null || !store.isReachable()) {
+        logger.warn("No TiKV store available for region: " + region);
+      }
     } else {
       List<TiStore> tiflashStores = new ArrayList<>();
       for (Peer peer : region.getLearnerList()) {
@@ -247,11 +256,8 @@ public Pair<TiRegion, TiStore> getRegionStorePairByKey(
         if (!s.isReachable()) {
           continue;
         }
-        for (Metapb.StoreLabel label : s.getStore().getLabelsList()) {
-          if (label.getKey().equals(storeType.getLabelKey())
-              && label.getValue().equals(storeType.getLabelValue())) {
-            tiflashStores.add(s);
-          }
+        if (s.isTiFlash()) {
+          tiflashStores.add(s);
         }
       }
       // select a tiflash with Round-Robin strategy
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/StoreHealthyChecker.java b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/StoreHealthyChecker.java
index 8d305649c4..3ae3f40d1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/StoreHealthyChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/StoreHealthyChecker.java
@@ -20,17 +20,22 @@
 import io.grpc.health.v1.HealthCheckRequest;
 import io.grpc.health.v1.HealthCheckResponse;
 import io.grpc.health.v1.HealthGrpc;
+import io.grpc.stub.ClientCalls;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.tikv.common.ReadOnlyPDClient;
 import org.tikv.common.util.ChannelFactory;
 import org.tikv.common.util.ConcreteBackOffer;
 import org.tikv.kvproto.Metapb;
+import org.tikv.kvproto.Mpp;
+import org.tikv.kvproto.Mpp.IsAliveRequest;
+import org.tikv.kvproto.TikvGrpc;
 
 public class StoreHealthyChecker implements Runnable {
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StoreHealthyChecker.class);
@@ -75,6 +80,30 @@ private List<TiStore> getValidStores() {
 
   private boolean checkStoreHealth(TiStore store) {
     String addressStr = store.getStore().getAddress();
+    if (store.isTiFlash()) {
+      return checkTiFlashHealth(addressStr);
+    }
+    return checkTiKVHealth(addressStr);
+  }
+
+  private boolean checkTiFlashHealth(String addressStr) {
+    try {
+      ManagedChannel channel = channelFactory.getChannel(addressStr, pdClient.getHostMapping());
+      TikvGrpc.TikvBlockingStub stub =
+          TikvGrpc.newBlockingStub(channel).withDeadlineAfter(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+      Supplier<IsAliveRequest> factory = () -> Mpp.IsAliveRequest.newBuilder().build();
+      Mpp.IsAliveResponse resp =
+          ClientCalls.blockingUnaryCall(
+              stub.getChannel(), TikvGrpc.getIsAliveMethod(), stub.getCallOptions(), factory.get());
+      return resp != null && resp.getAvailable();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      logger.info(
+          "fail to check TiFlash health, regard as unhealthy. TiFlash address: " + addressStr, e);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private boolean checkTiKVHealth(String addressStr) {
     try {
       ManagedChannel channel = channelFactory.getChannel(addressStr, pdClient.getHostMapping());
       HealthGrpc.HealthBlockingStub stub =
@@ -83,6 +112,7 @@ private boolean checkStoreHealth(TiStore store) {
       HealthCheckResponse resp = stub.check(req);
       return resp.getStatus() == HealthCheckResponse.ServingStatus.SERVING;
     } catch (Exception e) {
+      logger.info("fail to check TiKV health, regard as unhealthy. TiKV address: " + addressStr, e);
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/TiStore.java b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/TiStore.java
index 8513e2b56e..5feaa246fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/TiStore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tikv/common/region/TiStore.java
@@ -105,4 +105,14 @@ public Metapb.Store getProxyStore() {
   public long getId() {
     return this.store.getId();
   }
+
+  public boolean isTiFlash() {
+    for (Metapb.StoreLabel label : store.getLabelsList()) {
+      if (label.getKey().equals(TiStoreType.TiFlash.getLabelKey())
+          && label.getValue().equals(TiStoreType.TiFlash.getLabelValue())) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
 }