diff --git a/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/main/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReader.java b/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/main/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReader.java
index ddbbbea7b..f4c4a308f 100644
--- a/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/main/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReader.java
+++ b/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/main/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReader.java
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ public class SnapshotSplitReader implements DebeziumReader<SourceRecord, MySqlSp
             boolean reachBinlogEnd = false;
             final List<SourceRecord> sourceRecords = new ArrayList<>();
             while (!reachBinlogEnd) {
+                checkReadException();
                 List<DataChangeEvent> batch = queue.poll();
                 for (DataChangeEvent event : batch) {
                     sourceRecords.add(event.getRecord());
diff --git a/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/test/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReaderTest.java b/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/test/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReaderTest.java
index 1e2066d59..9a81b310d 100644
--- a/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/test/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReaderTest.java
+++ b/flink-connector-mysql-cdc/src/test/java/com/ververica/cdc/connectors/mysql/debezium/reader/SnapshotSplitReaderTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ package com.ververica.cdc.connectors.mysql.debezium.reader;
 
 import org.apache.flink.table.api.DataTypes;
 import org.apache.flink.table.types.DataType;
+import org.apache.flink.util.ExceptionUtils;
+import org.apache.flink.util.FlinkRuntimeException;
 
 import com.github.shyiko.mysql.binlog.BinaryLogClient;
 import com.ververica.cdc.connectors.mysql.debezium.DebeziumUtils;
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
 /** Tests for {@link SnapshotSplitReader}. */
 public class SnapshotSplitReaderTest extends MySqlSourceTestBase {
 
@@ -171,6 +176,34 @@ public class SnapshotSplitReaderTest extends MySqlSourceTestBase {
         assertEqualsInAnyOrder(Arrays.asList(expected), actual);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testThrowRuntimeExceptionInSnapshotScan() throws Exception {
+        MySqlSourceConfig sourceConfig =
+                getConfig(new String[] {"customer_card", "customers_1"}, 10);
+
+        DataType dataType =
+                DataTypes.ROW(
+                        DataTypes.FIELD("card_no", DataTypes.BIGINT()),
+                        DataTypes.FIELD("level", DataTypes.STRING()),
+                        DataTypes.FIELD("name", DataTypes.STRING()),
+                        DataTypes.FIELD("note", DataTypes.STRING()));
+        List<MySqlSplit> mySqlSplits = getMySqlSplits(sourceConfig);
+
+        // DROP one table to mock snapshot scan error
+        String tableToDrop = String.format("%s.customers_1", customerDatabase.getDatabaseName());
+        mySqlConnection.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + tableToDrop);
+        mySqlConnection.commit();
+
+        String exceptionMessage = String.format("Snapshotting of table %s failed.", tableToDrop);
+        try {
+            readTableSnapshotSplits(mySqlSplits, sourceConfig, mySqlSplits.size(), dataType);
+            fail("Should fail.");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e instanceof FlinkRuntimeException);
+            assertTrue(ExceptionUtils.findThrowableWithMessage(e, exceptionMessage).isPresent());
+        }
+    }
+
     private List<String> readTableSnapshotSplits(
             List<MySqlSplit> mySqlSplits,
             MySqlSourceConfig sourceConfig,