diff --git a/ddl/ddl.go b/ddl/ddl.go
index 47456e5f81d17..65a835e422985 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl.go
@@ -1145,15 +1145,16 @@ const MaxHistoryJobs = 10
 // DefNumHistoryJobs is default value of the default number of history job
 const DefNumHistoryJobs = 10
 
-// GetHistoryDDLJobs returns the DDL history jobs and an error.
+const batchNumHistoryJobs = 128
+
+// GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs returns the DDL history jobs and an error.
 // The maximum count of history jobs is num.
-func GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn kv.Transaction, maxNumJobs int) ([]*model.Job, error) {
-	t := meta.NewMeta(txn)
-	jobs, err := t.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(maxNumJobs)
+func GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(t *meta.Meta, maxNumJobs int) ([]*model.Job, error) {
+	iterator, err := t.GetLastHistoryDDLJobsIterator()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	return jobs, nil
+	return iterator.GetLastJobs(maxNumJobs, nil)
 }
 
 // IterHistoryDDLJobs iterates history DDL jobs until the `finishFn` return true or error.
@@ -1193,7 +1194,22 @@ func IterAllDDLJobs(txn kv.Transaction, finishFn func([]*model.Job) (bool, error
 
 // GetAllHistoryDDLJobs get all the done DDL jobs.
 func GetAllHistoryDDLJobs(m *meta.Meta) ([]*model.Job, error) {
-	return m.GetAllHistoryDDLJobs()
+	iterator, err := m.GetLastHistoryDDLJobsIterator()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+	allJobs := make([]*model.Job, 0, batchNumHistoryJobs)
+	for {
+		jobs, err := iterator.GetLastJobs(batchNumHistoryJobs, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
+		}
+		if len(jobs) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		allJobs = append(allJobs, jobs...)
+	}
+	return allJobs, nil
 }
 
 // GetHistoryJobByID return history DDL job by ID.
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_test.go b/ddl/ddl_test.go
index 5ebbb3a4c574a..b080c1e86daee 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_test.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_test.go
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ func TestGetHistoryDDLJobs(t *testing.T) {
 		err = AddHistoryDDLJob(m, jobs[i], true)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		historyJobs, err := GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn, DefNumHistoryJobs)
+		historyJobs, err := GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(m, DefNumHistoryJobs)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		if i+1 > MaxHistoryJobs {
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ func TestGetHistoryDDLJobs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	delta := cnt - MaxHistoryJobs
-	historyJobs, err := GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn, DefNumHistoryJobs)
+	historyJobs, err := GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(m, DefNumHistoryJobs)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Len(t, historyJobs, MaxHistoryJobs)
 
diff --git a/executor/executor.go b/executor/executor.go
index 321fe295fdd1a..7d2839cb29e34 100644
--- a/executor/executor.go
+++ b/executor/executor.go
@@ -597,11 +597,12 @@ func (e *ShowDDLJobQueriesExec) Open(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	jobs, err := ddl.GetAllDDLJobs(meta.NewMeta(txn))
+	m := meta.NewMeta(txn)
+	jobs, err := ddl.GetAllDDLJobs(m)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	historyJobs, err := ddl.GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn, ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs)
+	historyJobs, err := ddl.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(m, ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/executor/executor_test.go b/executor/executor_test.go
index 7793071d3dacc..dea05b5b29ebe 100644
--- a/executor/executor_test.go
+++ b/executor/executor_test.go
@@ -5653,7 +5653,7 @@ func TestAdmin(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 12, row.Len())
 	txn, err = store.Begin()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	historyJobs, err := ddl.GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn, ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs)
+	historyJobs, err := ddl.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(meta.NewMeta(txn), ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs)
 	require.Greater(t, len(historyJobs), 1)
 	require.Greater(t, len(row.GetString(1)), 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -5678,7 +5678,7 @@ func TestAdmin(t *testing.T) {
 	result.Check(testkit.Rows())
 	result = tk.MustQuery(`admin show ddl job queries 1, 2, 3, 4`)
 	result.Check(testkit.Rows())
-	historyJobs, err = ddl.GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn, ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs)
+	historyJobs, err = ddl.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(meta.NewMeta(txn), ddl.DefNumHistoryJobs)
 	result = tk.MustQuery(fmt.Sprintf("admin show ddl job queries %d", historyJobs[0].ID))
 	result.Check(testkit.Rows(historyJobs[0].Query))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -5742,7 +5742,7 @@ func TestAdmin(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test for reverse scan get history ddl jobs when ddl history jobs queue has multiple regions.
 	txn, err = store.Begin()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	historyJobs, err = ddl.GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn, 20)
+	historyJobs, err = ddl.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(meta.NewMeta(txn), 20)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Split region for history ddl job queues.
@@ -5751,7 +5751,7 @@ func TestAdmin(t *testing.T) {
 	endKey := meta.DDLJobHistoryKey(m, historyJobs[0].ID)
 	cluster.SplitKeys(startKey, endKey, int(historyJobs[0].ID/5))
 
-	historyJobs2, err := ddl.GetHistoryDDLJobs(txn, 20)
+	historyJobs2, err := ddl.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(meta.NewMeta(txn), 20)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, historyJobs2, historyJobs)
 }
diff --git a/meta/meta.go b/meta/meta.go
index 8a8ec96687404..0ee38539c85b5 100644
--- a/meta/meta.go
+++ b/meta/meta.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -1016,36 +1015,11 @@ func (m *Meta) GetHistoryDDLJob(id int64) (*model.Job, error) {
 	return job, errors.Trace(err)
 }
 
-// GetAllHistoryDDLJobs gets all history DDL jobs.
-func (m *Meta) GetAllHistoryDDLJobs() ([]*model.Job, error) {
-	pairs, err := m.txn.HGetAll(mDDLJobHistoryKey)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	jobs, err := decodeJob(pairs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	// sort job.
-	sorter := &jobsSorter{jobs: jobs}
-	sort.Sort(sorter)
-	return jobs, nil
-}
-
 // GetHistoryDDLCount the count of all history DDL jobs.
 func (m *Meta) GetHistoryDDLCount() (uint64, error) {
 	return m.txn.HGetLen(mDDLJobHistoryKey)
 }
 
-// GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs gets latest N history ddl jobs.
-func (m *Meta) GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(num int) ([]*model.Job, error) {
-	pairs, err := m.txn.HGetLastN(mDDLJobHistoryKey, num)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-	}
-	return decodeJob(pairs)
-}
-
 // LastJobIterator is the iterator for gets latest history.
 type LastJobIterator interface {
 	GetLastJobs(num int, jobs []*model.Job) ([]*model.Job, error)
@@ -1089,36 +1063,6 @@ func (i *HLastJobIterator) GetLastJobs(num int, jobs []*model.Job) ([]*model.Job
 	return jobs, nil
 }
 
-func decodeJob(jobPairs []structure.HashPair) ([]*model.Job, error) {
-	jobs := make([]*model.Job, 0, len(jobPairs))
-	for _, pair := range jobPairs {
-		job := &model.Job{}
-		err := job.Decode(pair.Value)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Trace(err)
-		}
-		jobs = append(jobs, job)
-	}
-	return jobs, nil
-}
-
-// jobsSorter implements the sort.Interface interface.
-type jobsSorter struct {
-	jobs []*model.Job
-}
-
-func (s *jobsSorter) Swap(i, j int) {
-	s.jobs[i], s.jobs[j] = s.jobs[j], s.jobs[i]
-}
-
-func (s *jobsSorter) Len() int {
-	return len(s.jobs)
-}
-
-func (s *jobsSorter) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	return s.jobs[i].ID < s.jobs[j].ID
-}
-
 // GetBootstrapVersion returns the version of the server which bootstrap the store.
 // If the store is not bootstraped, the version will be zero.
 func (m *Meta) GetBootstrapVersion() (int64, error) {
diff --git a/meta/meta_test.go b/meta/meta_test.go
index 024e774615b1d..7174eae38c66c 100644
--- a/meta/meta_test.go
+++ b/meta/meta_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/ddl"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/meta"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/model"
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ func TestDDL(t *testing.T) {
 			historyJob2.Args = append(job.Args, arg)
 			err = m.AddHistoryDDLJob(historyJob2, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			all, err := m.GetAllHistoryDDLJobs()
+			all, err := ddl.GetAllHistoryDDLJobs(m)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			var lastID int64
 			for _, job := range all {
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ func TestDDL(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			// Test for get last N history ddl jobs.
-			historyJobs, err := m.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(2)
+			historyJobs, err := ddl.GetLastNHistoryDDLJobs(m, 2)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Len(t, historyJobs, 2)
 			require.Equal(t, int64(1234), historyJobs[0].ID)