diff --git a/server/api/label_test.go b/server/api/label_test.go
index 91902f14c40..cbb2d213d32 100644
--- a/server/api/label_test.go
+++ b/server/api/label_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/kvproto/pkg/pdpb"
 	"github.com/tikv/pd/server"
 	"github.com/tikv/pd/server/config"
+	"github.com/tikv/pd/server/core"
 )
 
 var _ = Suite(&testLabelsStoreSuite{})
@@ -260,6 +261,30 @@ func (s *testStrictlyLabelsStoreSuite) TestStoreMatch(c *C) {
 			valid:       false,
 			expectError: "key matching the label was not found",
 		},
+		{
+			store: &metapb.Store{
+				Id:      3,
+				Address: "tiflash1",
+				State:   metapb.StoreState_Up,
+				Labels: []*metapb.StoreLabel{
+					{
+						Key:   "zone",
+						Value: "us-west-1",
+					},
+					{
+						Key:   "disk",
+						Value: "ssd",
+					},
+					{
+						Key:   core.EngineKey,
+						Value: core.EngineTiFlash,
+					},
+				},
+				Version: "3.0.0",
+			},
+			valid:       true,
+			expectError: "placement rules is disabled",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, t := range cases {
@@ -267,12 +292,16 @@ func (s *testStrictlyLabelsStoreSuite) TestStoreMatch(c *C) {
 			Header: &pdpb.RequestHeader{ClusterId: s.svr.ClusterID()},
 			Store: &metapb.Store{
 				Id:      t.store.Id,
-				Address: fmt.Sprintf("tikv%d", t.store.Id),
+				Address: t.store.Address,
 				State:   t.store.State,
 				Labels:  t.store.Labels,
 				Version: t.store.Version,
 			},
 		})
+		if t.store.Address == "tiflash1" {
+			c.Assert(strings.Contains(err.Error(), t.expectError), IsTrue)
+			continue
+		}
 		if t.valid {
 			c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 		} else {
@@ -287,7 +316,7 @@ func (s *testStrictlyLabelsStoreSuite) TestStoreMatch(c *C) {
 			Header: &pdpb.RequestHeader{ClusterId: s.svr.ClusterID()},
 			Store: &metapb.Store{
 				Id:      t.store.Id,
-				Address: fmt.Sprintf("tikv%d", t.store.Id),
+				Address: t.store.Address,
 				State:   t.store.State,
 				Labels:  t.store.Labels,
 				Version: t.store.Version,
diff --git a/server/cluster/cluster.go b/server/cluster/cluster.go
index 68cc8dbe758..c557794b1c2 100644
--- a/server/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/server/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -1027,6 +1027,9 @@ func (c *RaftCluster) checkStoreLabels(s *core.StoreInfo) error {
 	}
 	for _, label := range s.GetLabels() {
 		key := label.GetKey()
+		if key == core.EngineKey {
+			continue
+		}
 		if _, ok := keysSet[key]; !ok {
 			log.Warn("not found the key match with the store label",
 				zap.Stringer("store", s.GetMeta()),