diff --git a/store/tikv/2pc.go b/store/tikv/2pc.go
index 0f07bb6863027..fff7fbed84c43 100644
--- a/store/tikv/2pc.go
+++ b/store/tikv/2pc.go
@@ -815,35 +815,30 @@ func (action actionPessimisticLock) handleSingleBatch(c *twoPhaseCommitter, bo *
 			if err1 != nil {
 				return errors.Trace(err1)
 			}
-			// Check lock conflict error for nowait, if nowait set and key locked by others,
-			// report error immediately and do no more resolve locks.
-			// if the lock left behind whose related txn is already committed or rollbacked,
-			// (eg secondary locks not committed or rollbacked yet)
-			// we cant return "nowait conflict" directly
-			if lock.LockType == pb.Op_PessimisticLock {
-				if action.lockWaitTime == kv.LockNoWait {
-					// 3.0 release not supported yet
-					return kv.ErrNotImplemented
-				} else if action.lockWaitTime == kv.LockAlwaysWait {
-					// do nothing but keep wait
-				} else {
-					// the lockWaitTime is set, check the lock wait timeout or not
-					// the pessimistic lock found could be invalid locks which is timeout but not recycled yet
-					if !c.store.oracle.IsExpired(lock.TxnID, lock.TTL) {
-						if time.Since(lockWaitStartTime).Milliseconds() >= action.lockWaitTime {
-							return ErrLockWaitTimeout
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
 			locks = append(locks, lock)
 		}
 		// Because we already waited on tikv, no need to Backoff here.
-		_, err = c.store.lockResolver.ResolveLocks(bo, locks)
+		msBeforeTxnExpired, err := c.store.lockResolver.ResolveLocks(bo, locks)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
 
+		// If msBeforeTxnExpired is not zero, it means there are still locks blocking us acquiring
+		// the pessimistic lock. We should return timeout error if necessary.
+		if msBeforeTxnExpired > 0 {
+			if action.lockWaitTime == kv.LockNoWait {
+				// 3.0 release not supported yet
+				return kv.ErrNotImplemented
+			} else if action.lockWaitTime == kv.LockAlwaysWait {
+				// do nothing but keep wait
+			} else {
+				// the lockWaitTime is set, we should return wait timeout if we are still blocked by a lock
+				if time.Since(lockWaitStartTime).Milliseconds() >= action.lockWaitTime {
+					return ErrLockWaitTimeout
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Handle the killed flag when waiting for the pessimistic lock.
 		// When a txn runs into LockKeys() and backoff here, it has no chance to call
 		// executor.Next() and check the killed flag.
diff --git a/store/tikv/2pc_test.go b/store/tikv/2pc_test.go
index 065a00e0a1e55..52989752881b9 100644
--- a/store/tikv/2pc_test.go
+++ b/store/tikv/2pc_test.go
@@ -585,6 +585,40 @@ func (s *testCommitterSuite) TestElapsedTTL(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(lockInfo.LockTtl-PessimisticLockTTL, Less, uint64(150))
 }
 
+// TestAcquireFalseTimeoutLock tests acquiring a key which is a secondary key of another transaction.
+// The lock's own TTL is expired but the primary key is still alive due to heartbeats.
+func (s *testCommitterSuite) TestAcquireFalseTimeoutLock(c *C) {
+	// k1 is the primary lock of txn1
+	k1 := kv.Key("k1")
+	// k2 is a secondary lock of txn1 and a key txn2 wants to lock
+	k2 := kv.Key("k2")
+
+	txn1 := s.begin(c)
+	txn1.SetOption(kv.Pessimistic, true)
+	// lock the primary key
+	err := txn1.LockKeys(context.Background(), nil, txn1.startTS, kv.LockAlwaysWait, time.Now(), k1)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	// lock the secondary key
+	err = txn1.LockKeys(context.Background(), nil, txn1.startTS, kv.LockAlwaysWait, time.Now(), k2)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	// Heartbeats will increase the TTL of the primary key
+
+	// wait until secondary key exceeds its own TTL
+	time.Sleep(time.Duration(PessimisticLockTTL) * time.Millisecond)
+	txn2 := s.begin(c)
+	txn2.SetOption(kv.Pessimistic, true)
+
+	// test for wait limited time (300ms)
+	startTime := time.Now()
+	err = txn2.LockKeys(context.Background(), nil, txn1.startTS, 300, time.Now(), k2)
+	elapsed := time.Now().Sub(startTime)
+	// cannot acquire lock in time thus error
+	c.Assert(err.Error(), Equals, ErrLockWaitTimeout.Error())
+	// it should return after about 300ms
+	c.Assert(elapsed, Less, 350*time.Millisecond)
+}
+
 func (s *testCommitterSuite) getLockInfo(c *C, key []byte) *kvrpcpb.LockInfo {
 	txn := s.begin(c)
 	err := txn.Set(key, key)