diff --git a/pkg/backup/constants/constants.go b/pkg/backup/constants/constants.go
index 51a7112cc9..5506083dff 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/constants/constants.go
@@ -100,4 +100,7 @@ const (
 	ClusterBackupMeta  = "clustermeta"
 	ClusterRestoreMeta = "restoremeta"
 	MetaFile           = "backupmeta"
+
+	// AWSRegionEnv is the aws region environment variable
+	AWSRegionEnv = "AWS_REGION"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/backup/restore/restore_manager_test.go b/pkg/backup/restore/restore_manager_test.go
index 10e4d98a50..a36f8c6602 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/restore/restore_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/restore/restore_manager_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/apis/pingcap/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/backup/constants"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/backup/testutils"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -436,6 +437,8 @@ func TestBRRestoreByEBS(t *testing.T) {
 		g.Expect(err).To(Succeed())
 	}()
 
+	os.Setenv(constants.AWSRegionEnv, "us-west-1")
+
 	for _, tt := range cases {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 
diff --git a/pkg/backup/util/aws_ebs.go b/pkg/backup/util/aws_ebs.go
index 8656987ab6..65feb49dbc 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/util/aws_ebs.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/util/aws_ebs.go
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/ec2metadata"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ebs"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ebs/ebsiface"
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2/ec2iface"
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/apis/pingcap/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb-operator/pkg/backup/constants"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -119,7 +123,17 @@ func NewEC2Session(concurrency uint) (*EC2Session, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	ec2Session := ec2.New(sess)
+
+	region := os.Getenv(constants.AWSRegionEnv)
+	if region == "" {
+		ec2Metadata := ec2metadata.New(sess)
+		region, err = ec2Metadata.Region()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Annotate(err, "get ec2 region")
+		}
+	}
+
+	ec2Session := ec2.New(sess, aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(region))
 	return &EC2Session{EC2: ec2Session, concurrency: concurrency}, nil
 }
 
@@ -201,6 +215,15 @@ func NewEBSSession(concurrency uint) (*EBSSession, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	ebsSession := ebs.New(sess)
+	region := os.Getenv(constants.AWSRegionEnv)
+	if region == "" {
+		ec2Metadata := ec2metadata.New(sess)
+		region, err = ec2Metadata.Region()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Annotate(err, "get ec2 region")
+		}
+	}
+
+	ebsSession := ebs.New(sess, aws.NewConfig().WithRegion(region))
 	return &EBSSession{EBS: ebsSession, concurrency: concurrency}, nil
 }