diff --git a/internal/datacoord/meta.go b/internal/datacoord/meta.go
index ffb5e72797..e8b89000cf 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/meta.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/meta.go
@@ -503,48 +503,27 @@ func (m *meta) mergeDropSegment(seg2Drop *SegmentInfo) *SegmentInfo {
 //   since the flag is not marked so DataNode can re-consume the drop collection msg
 // 2. when failure occurs between save meta and unwatch channel, the removal flag shall be check before let datanode watch this channel
 func (m *meta) batchSaveDropSegments(channel string, modSegments map[int64]*SegmentInfo) error {
-
-	// the limitation of etcd operations number per transaction is 128, since segment number might be enormous so we shall split
-	// all save operations into batches
-
-	// since the removal flag shall always be with the last batch, so the last batch shall be maxOperationNumber - 1
-	for len(modSegments) > maxOperationsPerTxn-1 {
-		err := m.saveDropSegmentAndRemove(channel, modSegments, false)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	// removal flag should be saved with last batch
-	return m.saveDropSegmentAndRemove(channel, modSegments, true)
-}
-
-func (m *meta) saveDropSegmentAndRemove(channel string, segments map[int64]*SegmentInfo, withFlag bool) error {
-	segmentMap := make(map[int64]*datapb.SegmentInfo)
-	for id, seg := range segments {
-		segmentMap[id] = seg.SegmentInfo
-	}
-
 	// TODO: RootCoord supports read-write prohibit when dropping collection
 	// divides two api calls: save dropped segments & mark channel deleted
-	updateIDs, err := m.catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(m.ctx, segmentMap)
+	segments := make([]*datapb.SegmentInfo, 0)
+	for _, seg := range modSegments {
+		segments = append(segments, seg.SegmentInfo)
+	}
+	err := m.catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(m.ctx, segments)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if withFlag {
-		err = m.catalog.MarkChannelDeleted(m.ctx, channel)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+
+	if err = m.catalog.MarkChannelDeleted(m.ctx, channel); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// update memory info
-	for _, id := range updateIDs {
-		m.segments.SetSegment(id, segments[id])
-		delete(segments, id)
+	for id, segment := range modSegments {
+		m.segments.SetSegment(id, segment)
 	}
-	metrics.DataCoordNumSegments.WithLabelValues(metrics.DropedSegmentLabel).Add(float64(len(updateIDs)))
 
+	metrics.DataCoordNumSegments.WithLabelValues(metrics.DropedSegmentLabel).Add(float64(len(segments)))
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/metastore/catalog.go b/internal/metastore/catalog.go
index 7d3cf9a831..9bc6854bf3 100644
--- a/internal/metastore/catalog.go
+++ b/internal/metastore/catalog.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type DataCoordCatalog interface {
 	AlterSegments(ctx context.Context, segments []*datapb.SegmentInfo) error
 	// AlterSegmentsAndAddNewSegment for transaction
 	AlterSegmentsAndAddNewSegment(ctx context.Context, segments []*datapb.SegmentInfo, newSegment *datapb.SegmentInfo) error
-	SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(ctx context.Context, modSegments map[int64]*datapb.SegmentInfo) ([]int64, error)
+	SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(ctx context.Context, segments []*datapb.SegmentInfo) error
 	DropSegment(ctx context.Context, segment *datapb.SegmentInfo) error
 	MarkChannelDeleted(ctx context.Context, channel string) error
 	IsChannelDropped(ctx context.Context, channel string) bool
diff --git a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/constant.go b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/constant.go
index a3228339af..9395398269 100644
--- a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/constant.go
+++ b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/constant.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	ChannelRemovePrefix       = MetaPrefix + "/channel-removal"
 
 	RemoveFlagTomestone = "removed"
-	MaxOperationsPerTxn = 64
-	MaxBytesPerTxn      = 1024 * 1024
+
+	maxOperationsPerTxn = 64
+	maxBytesPerTxn      = 1024 * 1024
 )
diff --git a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go
index 3c76432ae8..16ad6ac27e 100644
--- a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go
+++ b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go
@@ -179,38 +179,54 @@ func (kc *Catalog) AlterSegmentsAndAddNewSegment(ctx context.Context, segments [
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (kc *Catalog) SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(ctx context.Context, modSegments map[int64]*datapb.SegmentInfo) ([]int64, error) {
+func (kc *Catalog) SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(ctx context.Context, segments []*datapb.SegmentInfo) error {
 	kvs := make(map[string]string)
-	batchIDs := make([]int64, 0, MaxOperationsPerTxn)
+	batchIDs := make([]int64, 0, maxOperationsPerTxn)
 
-	size := 0
-	for id, s := range modSegments {
+	multiSave := func() error {
+		if len(kvs) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if err := kc.Txn.MultiSave(kvs); err != nil {
+			log.Error("Failed to save segments in batch for DropChannel",
+				zap.Any("segmentIDs", batchIDs),
+				zap.Error(err))
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// the limitation of etcd operations number per transaction is 128,
+	// since segment number might be enormous, so we shall split all save operations into batches
+	splitCount := 0
+	for _, s := range segments {
 		key := buildSegmentPath(s.GetCollectionID(), s.GetPartitionID(), s.GetID())
 		segBytes, err := proto.Marshal(s)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal segment: %d, err: %w", s.GetID(), err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal segment: %d, err: %w", s.GetID(), err)
 		}
+
+		kvSize := len(key) + len(segBytes)
+		splitCount += kvSize
+		if len(kvs) == maxOperationsPerTxn || (len(kvs) > 0 && splitCount >= maxBytesPerTxn) {
+			if err := multiSave(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			kvs = make(map[string]string)
+			batchIDs = make([]int64, 0, maxOperationsPerTxn)
+
+			if splitCount >= maxBytesPerTxn {
+				splitCount = kvSize
+			}
+		}
+
 		kvs[key] = string(segBytes)
 		batchIDs = append(batchIDs, s.ID)
-		size += len(key) + len(segBytes)
-		// remove record from map `modSegments`
-		delete(modSegments, id)
-		// batch stops when one of conditions matched:
-		// 1. number of records is equals MaxOperationsPerTxn
-		// 2. left number of modSegments is equals 1
-		// 3. bytes size is greater than MaxBytesPerTxn
-		if len(kvs) == MaxOperationsPerTxn || len(modSegments) == 1 || size >= MaxBytesPerTxn {
-			break
-		}
 	}
 
-	err := kc.Txn.MultiSave(kvs)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("Failed to save segments in batch for DropChannel", zap.Any("segmentIDs", batchIDs), zap.Error(err))
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return batchIDs, nil
+	return multiSave()
 }
 
 func (kc *Catalog) DropSegment(ctx context.Context, segment *datapb.SegmentInfo) error {
diff --git a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go
index c43a56a6e1..224e77a0b2 100644
--- a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go
+++ b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package datacoord
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/kv"
@@ -56,17 +57,97 @@ func Test_SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch_SaveError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	catalog := &Catalog{txn}
-	segments := map[int64]*datapb.SegmentInfo{
-		1: {
+	segments := []*datapb.SegmentInfo{
+		{
 			ID:           1,
 			CollectionID: 1000,
 		},
 	}
-	ids, err := catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(context.TODO(), segments)
-	assert.Nil(t, ids)
+	err := catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(context.TODO(), segments)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
+func Test_SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch_MultiSave(t *testing.T) {
+	txn := &MockedTxnKV{}
+	count := 0
+	kvSize := 0
+	txn.multiSave = func(kvs map[string]string) error {
+		count++
+		kvSize += len(kvs)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	catalog := &Catalog{txn}
+
+	// testing for no splitting
+	{
+		segments1 := []*datapb.SegmentInfo{
+			{
+				ID:           1,
+				CollectionID: 1000,
+				PartitionID:  100,
+			},
+		}
+
+		err := catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(context.TODO(), segments1)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, count)
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, kvSize)
+	}
+
+	// testing for reaching max operation
+	{
+		segments2 := make([]*datapb.SegmentInfo, 65)
+		for i := 0; i < 65; i++ {
+			segments2[i] = &datapb.SegmentInfo{
+				ID:           int64(i),
+				CollectionID: 1000,
+				PartitionID:  100,
+			}
+		}
+
+		count = 0
+		kvSize = 0
+		err := catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(context.TODO(), segments2)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, count)
+		assert.Equal(t, 65, kvSize)
+	}
+
+	// testing for reaching max bytes size
+	{
+		segments3 := []*datapb.SegmentInfo{
+			{
+				ID:            int64(1),
+				CollectionID:  1000,
+				PartitionID:   100,
+				InsertChannel: randomString(1024 * 1024 * 2),
+			},
+			{
+				ID:            int64(2),
+				CollectionID:  1000,
+				PartitionID:   100,
+				InsertChannel: randomString(1024),
+			},
+		}
+
+		count = 0
+		kvSize = 0
+		err := catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(context.TODO(), segments3)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, count)
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, kvSize)
+	}
+}
+
+func randomString(len int) string {
+	bytes := make([]byte, len)
+	for i := 0; i < len; i++ {
+		bytes[i] = byte(65 + rand.Intn(25))
+	}
+	return string(bytes)
+}
+
 func Test_MarkChannelDeleted_SaveError(t *testing.T) {
 	txn := &MockedTxnKV{}
 	txn.save = func(key, value string) error {