diff --git a/lightning/mydump/region.go b/lightning/mydump/region.go
index 06fcda847..7e0139065 100644
--- a/lightning/mydump/region.go
+++ b/lightning/mydump/region.go
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ package mydump
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
-	"sort"
-	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-lightning/lightning/common"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
@@ -18,8 +14,7 @@ type TableRegion struct {
 	Table string
 	File  string
 
-	Columns []byte
-	Chunk   Chunk
+	Chunk Chunk
 }
 
 func (reg *TableRegion) Name() string {
@@ -57,107 +52,32 @@ func (rs regionSlice) Less(i, j int) bool {
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-type RegionFounder struct {
-	processors    chan int
-	minRegionSize int64
-}
-
-func NewRegionFounder(minRegionSize int64) *RegionFounder {
-	concurrency := runtime.NumCPU() >> 1
-	if concurrency == 0 {
-		concurrency = 1
-	}
-
-	processors := make(chan int, concurrency)
-	for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
-		processors <- i
-	}
-
-	return &RegionFounder{
-		processors:    processors,
-		minRegionSize: minRegionSize,
-	}
-}
-
-func (f *RegionFounder) MakeTableRegions(meta *MDTableMeta) ([]*TableRegion, error) {
-	var lock sync.Mutex
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	db := meta.DB
-	table := meta.Name
-	processors := f.processors
-	minRegionSize := f.minRegionSize
-
-	var chunkErr error
-
+func MakeTableRegions(meta *MDTableMeta, columns int) ([]*TableRegion, error) {
 	// Split files into regions
 	filesRegions := make(regionSlice, 0, len(meta.DataFiles))
-	for _, dataFile := range meta.DataFiles {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(pid int, file string) {
-			common.AppLogger.Debugf("[%s] loading file's region (%s) ...", table, file)
-
-			chunks, err := splitExactChunks(db, table, file, minRegionSize)
-			lock.Lock()
-			if err == nil {
-				filesRegions = append(filesRegions, chunks...)
-			} else {
-				chunkErr = errors.Annotatef(err, "%s", file)
-				common.AppLogger.Errorf("failed to extract chunks from file: %v", chunkErr)
-			}
-			lock.Unlock()
-
-			processors <- pid
-			wg.Done()
-		}(<-processors, dataFile)
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	if chunkErr != nil {
-		return nil, chunkErr
-	}
-
-	// Setup files' regions
-	sort.Sort(filesRegions) // ps : sort region by - (fileName, fileOffset)
-	var totalRowCount int64
-	for i, region := range filesRegions {
-		region.ID = i
-
-		// Every chunk's PrevRowIDMax was uninitialized (set to 0). We need to
-		// re-adjust the row IDs so they won't be overlapping.
-		chunkRowCount := region.Chunk.RowIDMax - region.Chunk.PrevRowIDMax
-		region.Chunk.PrevRowIDMax = totalRowCount
-		totalRowCount += chunkRowCount
-		region.Chunk.RowIDMax = totalRowCount
-	}
-
-	return filesRegions, nil
-}
-
-func splitExactChunks(db string, table string, file string, minChunkSize int64) ([]*TableRegion, error) {
-	reader, err := os.Open(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	defer reader.Close()
 
-	parser := NewChunkParser(reader)
-	chunks, err := parser.ReadChunks(minChunkSize)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-
-	annotatedChunks := make([]*TableRegion, len(chunks))
-	for i, chunk := range chunks {
-		annotatedChunks[i] = &TableRegion{
-			ID:      -1,
-			DB:      db,
-			Table:   table,
-			File:    file,
-			Columns: parser.Columns,
-			Chunk:   chunk,
+	prevRowIDMax := int64(0)
+	for i, dataFile := range meta.DataFiles {
+		dataFileInfo, err := os.Stat(dataFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Annotatef(err, "cannot stat %s", dataFile)
 		}
+		dataFileSize := dataFileInfo.Size()
+		rowIDMax := prevRowIDMax + dataFileSize/(int64(columns)+2)
+		filesRegions = append(filesRegions, &TableRegion{
+			ID:    i,
+			DB:    meta.DB,
+			Table: meta.Name,
+			File:  dataFile,
+			Chunk: Chunk{
+				Offset:       0,
+				EndOffset:    dataFileSize,
+				PrevRowIDMax: prevRowIDMax,
+				RowIDMax:     rowIDMax,
+			},
+		})
+		prevRowIDMax = rowIDMax
 	}
 
-	return annotatedChunks, nil
+	return filesRegions, nil
 }
diff --git a/lightning/mydump/region_test.go b/lightning/mydump/region_test.go
index 1bd448fee..a90b8a1da 100644
--- a/lightning/mydump/region_test.go
+++ b/lightning/mydump/region_test.go
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ func (s *testMydumpRegionSuite) TestTableRegion(c *C) {
 	cfg := &config.Config{Mydumper: config.MydumperRuntime{SourceDir: "./examples"}}
 	loader, _ := NewMyDumpLoader(cfg)
 	dbMeta := loader.GetDatabases()[0]
-	founder := NewRegionFounder(defMinRegionSize)
 
 	for _, meta := range dbMeta.Tables {
-		regions, err := founder.MakeTableRegions(meta)
+		regions, err := MakeTableRegions(meta, 1)
 		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 		table := meta.Name
@@ -61,19 +60,18 @@ func (s *testMydumpRegionSuite) TestTableRegion(c *C) {
 			c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 			tolFileSize += fileSize
 		}
-		// var tolRegionSize int64 = 0
-		// for _, region := range regions {
-		// 	tolRegionSize += region.Size()
-		// }
-		// c.Assert(tolRegionSize, Equals, tolFileSize)
-		// (The size will not be equal since the comments at the end are omitted)
-
-		// check - rows num
-		var tolRows int64 = 0
+		var tolRegionSize int64 = 0
 		for _, region := range regions {
-			tolRows += region.Rows()
+			tolRegionSize += region.Size()
 		}
-		c.Assert(tolRows, Equals, expectedTuplesCount[table])
+		c.Assert(tolRegionSize, Equals, tolFileSize)
+
+		// // check - rows num
+		// var tolRows int64 = 0
+		// for _, region := range regions {
+		// 	tolRows += region.Rows()
+		// }
+		// c.Assert(tolRows, Equals, expectedTuplesCount[table])
 
 		// check - range
 		regionNum := len(regions)
@@ -98,10 +96,9 @@ func (s *testMydumpRegionSuite) TestRegionReader(c *C) {
 	cfg := &config.Config{Mydumper: config.MydumperRuntime{SourceDir: "./examples"}}
 	loader, _ := NewMyDumpLoader(cfg)
 	dbMeta := loader.GetDatabases()[0]
-	founder := NewRegionFounder(defMinRegionSize)
 
 	for _, meta := range dbMeta.Tables {
-		regions, err := founder.MakeTableRegions(meta)
+		regions, err := MakeTableRegions(meta, 1)
 		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 		tolValTuples := 0
diff --git a/lightning/restore/restore.go b/lightning/restore/restore.go
index 58832ee6e..fce2ed9b0 100644
--- a/lightning/restore/restore.go
+++ b/lightning/restore/restore.go
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ func (t *TableRestore) restore(ctx context.Context, rc *RestoreController, cp *T
 	if len(cp.Chunks) > 0 {
 		common.AppLogger.Infof("[%s] reusing %d chunks from checkpoint", t.tableName, len(cp.Chunks))
 	} else if cp.Status < CheckpointStatusAllWritten {
-		if err := t.populateChunks(rc.cfg.Mydumper.MinRegionSize, cp, t.tableInfo); err != nil {
+		if err := t.populateChunks(rc.cfg.Mydumper.MinRegionSize, cp); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 		}
 		if err := rc.checkpointsDB.InsertChunkCheckpoints(ctx, t.tableName, cp.Chunks); err != nil {
@@ -972,12 +972,11 @@ func (tr *TableRestore) Close() {
 
 var tidbRowIDColumnRegex = regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf("`%[1]s`|(?i:\\b%[1]s\\b)", model.ExtraHandleName))
 
-func (t *TableRestore) populateChunks(minChunkSize int64, cp *TableCheckpoint, tableInfo *TidbTableInfo) error {
+func (t *TableRestore) populateChunks(minChunkSize int64, cp *TableCheckpoint) error {
 	common.AppLogger.Infof("[%s] load chunks", t.tableName)
 	timer := time.Now()
 
-	founder := mydump.NewRegionFounder(minChunkSize)
-	chunks, err := founder.MakeTableRegions(t.tableMeta)
+	chunks, err := mydump.MakeTableRegions(t.tableMeta, t.tableInfo.Columns)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
@@ -985,36 +984,13 @@ func (t *TableRestore) populateChunks(minChunkSize int64, cp *TableCheckpoint, t
 	cp.Chunks = make([]*ChunkCheckpoint, 0, len(chunks))
 
 	for _, chunk := range chunks {
-		columns := chunk.Columns
-
-		shouldIncludeRowID := !tableInfo.core.PKIsHandle && !tidbRowIDColumnRegex.Match(columns)
-		if shouldIncludeRowID {
-			// we need to inject the _tidb_rowid column
-			if len(columns) != 0 {
-				// column listing already exists, just append the new column.
-				columns = append(columns[:len(columns)-1], (",`" + model.ExtraHandleName.String() + "`)")...)
-			} else {
-				// we need to recreate the columns
-				var buf bytes.Buffer
-				buf.WriteString("(`")
-				for _, columnInfo := range tableInfo.core.Columns {
-					buf.WriteString(columnInfo.Name.String())
-					buf.WriteString("`,`")
-				}
-				buf.WriteString(model.ExtraHandleName.String())
-				buf.WriteString("`)")
-				columns = buf.Bytes()
-			}
-		}
-
 		cp.Chunks = append(cp.Chunks, &ChunkCheckpoint{
 			Key: ChunkCheckpointKey{
 				Path:   chunk.File,
 				Offset: chunk.Chunk.Offset,
 			},
-			Columns:            columns,
-			ShouldIncludeRowID: shouldIncludeRowID,
-			Chunk:              chunk.Chunk,
+			Columns: nil,
+			Chunk:   chunk.Chunk,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -1022,6 +998,32 @@ func (t *TableRestore) populateChunks(minChunkSize int64, cp *TableCheckpoint, t
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (t *TableRestore) initializeColumns(columns []byte, ccp *ChunkCheckpoint) {
+	shouldIncludeRowID := !t.tableInfo.core.PKIsHandle && !tidbRowIDColumnRegex.Match(columns)
+	if shouldIncludeRowID {
+		// we need to inject the _tidb_rowid column
+		if len(columns) != 0 {
+			// column listing already exists, just append the new column.
+			columns = append(columns[:len(columns)-1], (",`" + model.ExtraHandleName.String() + "`)")...)
+		} else {
+			// we need to recreate the columns
+			var buf bytes.Buffer
+			buf.WriteString("(`")
+			for _, columnInfo := range t.tableInfo.core.Columns {
+				buf.WriteString(columnInfo.Name.String())
+				buf.WriteString("`,`")
+			}
+			buf.WriteString(model.ExtraHandleName.String())
+			buf.WriteString("`)")
+			columns = buf.Bytes()
+		}
+	} else if columns == nil {
+		columns = []byte{}
+	}
+	ccp.Columns = columns
+	ccp.ShouldIncludeRowID = shouldIncludeRowID
+}
+
 func (tr *TableRestore) restoreTableMeta(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB) error {
 	timer := time.Now()
 
@@ -1349,10 +1351,6 @@ func (cr *chunkRestore) restore(
 		buffer.Reset()
 		start := time.Now()
 
-		buffer.WriteString("INSERT INTO ")
-		buffer.WriteString(t.tableName)
-		buffer.Write(cr.chunk.Columns)
-		buffer.WriteString(" VALUES")
 		var sep byte = ' '
 	readLoop:
 		for cr.parser.Pos() < endOffset {
@@ -1360,7 +1358,16 @@ func (cr *chunkRestore) restore(
 			switch errors.Cause(err) {
 			case nil:
 				buffer.WriteByte(sep)
-				sep = ','
+				if sep == ' ' {
+					buffer.WriteString("INSERT INTO ")
+					buffer.WriteString(t.tableName)
+					if cr.chunk.Columns == nil {
+						t.initializeColumns(cr.parser.Columns, cr.chunk)
+					}
+					buffer.Write(cr.chunk.Columns)
+					buffer.WriteString(" VALUES ")
+					sep = ','
+				}
 				lastRow := cr.parser.LastRow()
 				if cr.chunk.ShouldIncludeRowID {
 					buffer.Write(lastRow.Row[:len(lastRow.Row)-1])
@@ -1369,6 +1376,7 @@ func (cr *chunkRestore) restore(
 					buffer.Write(lastRow.Row)
 				}
 			case io.EOF:
+				cr.chunk.Chunk.EndOffset = cr.parser.Pos()
 				break readLoop
 			default:
 				return errors.Trace(err)
diff --git a/tests/checkpoint_chunks/run.sh b/tests/checkpoint_chunks/run.sh
index 90ee00e5d..725fb11a8 100755
--- a/tests/checkpoint_chunks/run.sh
+++ b/tests/checkpoint_chunks/run.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ check_contains "count(i): $(($ROW_COUNT*$CHUNK_COUNT))"
 check_contains "sum(i): $(( $ROW_COUNT*$CHUNK_COUNT*(($CHUNK_COUNT+2)*$ROW_COUNT + 1)/2 ))"
 run_sql "SELECT count(*) FROM tidb_lightning_checkpoint_test_cpch.table_v1 WHERE status >= 200"
 check_contains "count(*): 1"
-run_sql "SELECT count(*) FROM tidb_lightning_checkpoint_test_cpch.chunk_v3 WHERE pos = end_offset"
-check_contains "count(*): $CHUNK_COUNT"
 
 # Repeat, but using the file checkpoint
 run_sql 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS cpch_tsr'
diff --git a/tests/examples/run.sh b/tests/examples/run.sh
index 1d57320f0..5e0851685 100755
--- a/tests/examples/run.sh
+++ b/tests/examples/run.sh
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ check_contains 'sum(crc32(name)): 21388950023608'
 
 # Ensure the AUTO_INCREMENT value is properly defined
 run_sql "insert into mocker_test.tbl_autoid (name) values ('new');"
-run_sql "select id from mocker_test.tbl_autoid where name = 'new';"
+run_sql "select id > 10000 from mocker_test.tbl_autoid where name = 'new';"
 check_not_contains '* 2. row *'
-check_contains 'id: 10001'
+check_contains 'id > 10000: 1'
 
 run_sql 'select count(*), avg(age), max(name), min(name), sum(crc32(name)) from mocker_test.tbl_multi_index;'
 check_contains 'count(*): 10000'