diff --git a/internal/datacoord/handler.go b/internal/datacoord/handler.go
index 38ffb16306..66b7c4bfc3 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/handler.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/handler.go
@@ -132,11 +132,13 @@ func (h *ServerHandler) GetCollection(ctx context.Context, collectionID UniqueID
 func (h *ServerHandler) CheckShouldDropChannel(channel string) bool {
 	segments := h.s.meta.GetSegmentsByChannel(channel)
 	for _, segment := range segments {
-		if segment.GetStartPosition() != nil && // fitler empty segment
+		if segment.GetStartPosition() != nil && // filter empty segment
 			// FIXME: we filter compaction generated segments
 			// because datanode may not know the segment due to the network lag or
 			// datacoord crash when handling CompleteCompaction.
-			len(segment.CompactionFrom) == 0 &&
+			// FIXME: cancel this limitation for #12265
+			// need to change a unified DropAndFlush to solve the root problem
+			//len(segment.CompactionFrom) == 0 &&
 			segment.GetState() != commonpb.SegmentState_Dropped {
 			return false
 		}
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/server_test.go b/internal/datacoord/server_test.go
index a4aab25b73..78da195e4a 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/server_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/util/retry"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/util/sessionutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
 )
@@ -1241,6 +1242,136 @@ func TestGetVChannelPos(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestShouldDropChannel(t *testing.T) {
+	svr := newTestServer(t, nil)
+	defer closeTestServer(t, svr)
+	schema := newTestSchema()
+	svr.meta.AddCollection(&datapb.CollectionInfo{
+		ID:     0,
+		Schema: schema,
+		StartPositions: []*commonpb.KeyDataPair{
+			{
+				Key:  "ch1",
+				Data: []byte{8, 9, 10},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	svr.meta.AddCollection(&datapb.CollectionInfo{
+		ID:     1,
+		Schema: schema,
+		StartPositions: []*commonpb.KeyDataPair{
+			{
+				Key:  "ch0",
+				Data: []byte{8, 9, 10},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	s1 := &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+		ID:            1,
+		CollectionID:  0,
+		PartitionID:   0,
+		InsertChannel: "ch1",
+		State:         commonpb.SegmentState_Dropped,
+		StartPosition: &internalpb.MsgPosition{
+			ChannelName: "ch1",
+			MsgID:       []byte{8, 9, 10},
+			MsgGroup:    "",
+			Timestamp:   0,
+		},
+		DmlPosition: &internalpb.MsgPosition{
+			ChannelName: "ch1",
+			MsgID:       []byte{1, 2, 3},
+			MsgGroup:    "",
+			Timestamp:   0,
+		},
+	}
+	s2 := &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+		ID:             2,
+		CollectionID:   0,
+		PartitionID:    0,
+		InsertChannel:  "ch1",
+		State:          commonpb.SegmentState_Dropped,
+		CompactionFrom: []int64{4, 5},
+		StartPosition: &internalpb.MsgPosition{
+			ChannelName: "ch1",
+			MsgID:       []byte{8, 9, 10},
+			MsgGroup:    "",
+		},
+		DmlPosition: &internalpb.MsgPosition{
+			ChannelName: "ch1",
+			MsgID:       []byte{1, 2, 3},
+			MsgGroup:    "",
+			Timestamp:   1,
+		},
+	}
+	s3 := &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+		ID:            3,
+		CollectionID:  0,
+		PartitionID:   1,
+		InsertChannel: "ch1",
+		State:         commonpb.SegmentState_Growing,
+		StartPosition: &internalpb.MsgPosition{
+			ChannelName: "ch1",
+			MsgID:       []byte{8, 9, 10},
+			MsgGroup:    "",
+		},
+		DmlPosition: &internalpb.MsgPosition{
+			ChannelName: "ch1",
+			MsgID:       []byte{11, 12, 13},
+			MsgGroup:    "",
+			Timestamp:   2,
+		},
+	}
+	s4 := &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+		ID:            4,
+		CollectionID:  0,
+		PartitionID:   1,
+		InsertChannel: "ch1",
+		State:         commonpb.SegmentState_Growing,
+	}
+
+	t.Run("channel without segments", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := svr.handler.CheckShouldDropChannel("ch1")
+		assert.True(t, r)
+
+	})
+
+	t.Run("channel with all dropped segments", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := svr.meta.AddSegment(NewSegmentInfo(s1))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		r := svr.handler.CheckShouldDropChannel("ch1")
+		assert.True(t, r)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("channel with all dropped segments and compacted segments", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := svr.meta.AddSegment(NewSegmentInfo(s2))
+		require.Nil(t, err)
+
+		r := svr.handler.CheckShouldDropChannel("ch1")
+		assert.True(t, r)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("channel with other state segments", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := svr.meta.AddSegment(NewSegmentInfo(s3))
+		require.Nil(t, err)
+
+		r := svr.handler.CheckShouldDropChannel("ch1")
+		assert.False(t, r)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("channel with dropped segment and with segment without start position", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := svr.meta.DropSegment(3)
+		require.Nil(t, err)
+		err = svr.meta.AddSegment(NewSegmentInfo(s4))
+		require.Nil(t, err)
+
+		r := svr.handler.CheckShouldDropChannel("ch1")
+		assert.True(t, r)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestGetRecoveryInfo(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("test get recovery info with no segments", func(t *testing.T) {