diff --git a/pkg/backup/client.go b/pkg/backup/client.go
index c08e98748..d74a53ef4 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/client.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/client.go
@@ -292,6 +292,12 @@ func BuildBackupRangeAndSchema(
 				// Skip tables other than the given table.
 				continue
 			}
+
+			logger := log.With(
+				zap.String("db", dbInfo.Name.O),
+				zap.String("table", tableInfo.Name.O),
+			)
+
 			var globalAutoID int64
 			switch {
 			case tableInfo.IsSequence():
@@ -314,14 +320,10 @@ func BuildBackupRangeAndSchema(
 					return nil, nil, errors.Trace(err)
 				}
 				tableInfo.AutoRandID = globalAutoRandID
-				log.Info("change table AutoRandID",
-					zap.Stringer("db", dbInfo.Name),
-					zap.Stringer("table", tableInfo.Name),
+				logger.Info("change table AutoRandID",
 					zap.Int64("AutoRandID", globalAutoRandID))
 			}
-			log.Info("change table AutoIncID",
-				zap.Stringer("db", dbInfo.Name),
-				zap.Stringer("table", tableInfo.Name),
+			logger.Info("change table AutoIncID",
 				zap.Int64("AutoIncID", globalAutoID))
 
 			// remove all non-public indices
@@ -349,11 +351,12 @@ func BuildBackupRangeAndSchema(
 			if !ignoreStats {
 				jsonTable, err := h.DumpStatsToJSON(dbInfo.Name.String(), tableInfo, nil)
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, errors.Trace(err)
-				}
-				stats, err = json.Marshal(jsonTable)
-				if err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, errors.Trace(err)
+					logger.Error("dump table stats failed", logutil.ShortError(err))
+				} else {
+					stats, err = json.Marshal(jsonTable)
+					if err != nil {
+						logger.Error("dump table stats failed (cannot serialize)", logutil.ShortError(err))
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/backup/schema_test.go b/pkg/backup/schema_test.go
index 2ed20f538..99a36cd3f 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/schema_test.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/schema_test.go
@@ -124,3 +124,63 @@ func (s *testBackupSchemaSuite) TestBuildBackupRangeAndSchema(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(schemas[1].TotalKvs, Not(Equals), 0, Commentf("%v", schemas[1]))
 	c.Assert(schemas[1].TotalBytes, Not(Equals), 0, Commentf("%v", schemas[1]))
 }
+
+func (s *testBackupSchemaSuite) TestBuildBackupRangeAndSchemaWithBrokenStats(c *C) {
+	c.Assert(s.mock.Start(), IsNil)
+	defer s.mock.Stop()
+
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.mock.Storage)
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t3;")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t3 (a char(1));")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t3 values ('1');")
+	tk.MustExec("analyze table t3;")
+	// corrupt the statistics like pingcap/br#679.
+	tk.MustExec(`
+		update mysql.stats_buckets set upper_bound = 0xffffffff
+		where table_id = (
+			select tidb_table_id from information_schema.tables
+			where (table_schema, table_name) = ('test', 't3')
+		);
+	`)
+
+	f, err := filter.Parse([]string{"test.t3"})
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	_, backupSchemas, err := backup.BuildBackupRangeAndSchema(s.mock.Domain, s.mock.Storage, f, math.MaxUint64, false)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(backupSchemas.Len(), Equals, 1)
+
+	updateCh := new(simpleProgress)
+	backupSchemas.Start(context.Background(), s.mock.Storage, math.MaxUint64, 1, variable.DefChecksumTableConcurrency, updateCh)
+	schemas, err := backupSchemas.FinishTableChecksum()
+
+	// the stats should be empty, but other than that everything should be backed up.
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(schemas[0].Stats, HasLen, 0)
+	c.Assert(schemas[0].Crc64Xor, Not(Equals), 0)
+	c.Assert(schemas[0].TotalKvs, Not(Equals), 0)
+	c.Assert(schemas[0].TotalBytes, Not(Equals), 0)
+	c.Assert(schemas[0].Table, Not(HasLen), 0)
+	c.Assert(schemas[0].Db, Not(HasLen), 0)
+
+	// recover the statistics.
+	tk.MustExec("analyze table t3;")
+
+	_, backupSchemas, err = backup.BuildBackupRangeAndSchema(s.mock.Domain, s.mock.Storage, f, math.MaxUint64, false)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(backupSchemas.Len(), Equals, 1)
+
+	updateCh.reset()
+	backupSchemas.Start(context.Background(), s.mock.Storage, math.MaxUint64, 1, variable.DefChecksumTableConcurrency, updateCh)
+	schemas2, err := backupSchemas.FinishTableChecksum()
+
+	// the stats should now be filled, and other than that the result should be equivalent to the first backup.
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(schemas2[0].Stats, Not(HasLen), 0)
+	c.Assert(schemas2[0].Crc64Xor, Equals, schemas[0].Crc64Xor)
+	c.Assert(schemas2[0].TotalKvs, Equals, schemas[0].TotalKvs)
+	c.Assert(schemas2[0].TotalBytes, Equals, schemas[0].TotalBytes)
+	c.Assert(schemas2[0].Table, DeepEquals, schemas[0].Table)
+	c.Assert(schemas2[0].Db, DeepEquals, schemas[0].Db)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/restore/client.go b/pkg/restore/client.go
index 7607221dc..5b6bb46d8 100644
--- a/pkg/restore/client.go
+++ b/pkg/restore/client.go
@@ -765,11 +765,13 @@ func (rc *Client) GoValidateChecksum(
 }
 
 func (rc *Client) execChecksum(ctx context.Context, tbl CreatedTable, kvClient kv.Client, concurrency uint) error {
+	logger := log.With(
+		zap.String("db", tbl.OldTable.DB.Name.O),
+		zap.String("table", tbl.OldTable.Info.Name.O),
+	)
+
 	if tbl.OldTable.NoChecksum() {
-		log.Warn("table has no checksum, skipping checksum",
-			zap.Stringer("table", tbl.OldTable.Info.Name),
-			zap.Stringer("database", tbl.OldTable.DB.Name),
-		)
+		logger.Warn("table has no checksum, skipping checksum")
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -801,9 +803,7 @@ func (rc *Client) execChecksum(ctx context.Context, tbl CreatedTable, kvClient k
 	if checksumResp.Checksum != table.Crc64Xor ||
 		checksumResp.TotalKvs != table.TotalKvs ||
 		checksumResp.TotalBytes != table.TotalBytes {
-		log.Error("failed in validate checksum",
-			zap.String("database", table.DB.Name.L),
-			zap.String("table", table.Info.Name.L),
+		logger.Error("failed in validate checksum",
 			zap.Uint64("origin tidb crc64", table.Crc64Xor),
 			zap.Uint64("calculated crc64", checksumResp.Checksum),
 			zap.Uint64("origin tidb total kvs", table.TotalKvs),
@@ -814,14 +814,12 @@ func (rc *Client) execChecksum(ctx context.Context, tbl CreatedTable, kvClient k
 		return errors.Annotate(berrors.ErrRestoreChecksumMismatch, "failed to validate checksum")
 	}
 	if table.Stats != nil {
-		log.Info("start loads analyze after validate checksum",
-			zap.Stringer("db name", tbl.OldTable.DB.Name),
-			zap.Stringer("name", tbl.OldTable.Info.Name),
+		logger.Info("start loads analyze after validate checksum",
 			zap.Int64("old id", tbl.OldTable.Info.ID),
 			zap.Int64("new id", tbl.Table.ID),
 		)
 		if err := rc.statsHandler.LoadStatsFromJSON(rc.dom.InfoSchema(), table.Stats); err != nil {
-			log.Error("analyze table failed", zap.Any("table", table.Stats), zap.Error(err))
+			logger.Error("analyze table failed", zap.Any("table", table.Stats), zap.Error(err))
 		}
 	}
 	return nil