diff --git a/txnkv/transaction/prewrite.go b/txnkv/transaction/prewrite.go
index a6eeafb3e5..21b84e8a39 100644
--- a/txnkv/transaction/prewrite.go
+++ b/txnkv/transaction/prewrite.go
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ func (action actionPrewrite) handleSingleBatch(
 					zap.Uint64("session", c.sessionID),
 					zap.Uint64("txnID", c.startTS),
 					zap.Stringer("lock", lock),
+					zap.Stringer("policy", c.txn.prewriteEncounterLockPolicy),
 				)
 				logged[lock.TxnID] = struct{}{}
 			}
@@ -457,7 +458,8 @@ func (action actionPrewrite) handleSingleBatch(
 			// Pessimistic transactions don't need such an optimization. If this key needs a pessimistic lock,
 			// TiKV will return a PessimisticLockNotFound error directly if it encounters a different lock. Otherwise,
 			// TiKV returns lock.TTL = 0, and we still need to resolve the lock.
-			if lock.TxnID > c.startTS && !c.isPessimistic {
+			if (lock.TxnID > c.startTS && !c.isPessimistic) ||
+				c.txn.prewriteEncounterLockPolicy == NoResolvePolicy {
 				return tikverr.NewErrWriteConflictWithArgs(
 					c.startTS,
 					lock.TxnID,
diff --git a/txnkv/transaction/txn.go b/txnkv/transaction/txn.go
index daccbe087c..d6b1e6b9f7 100644
--- a/txnkv/transaction/txn.go
+++ b/txnkv/transaction/txn.go
@@ -117,6 +117,28 @@ type TxnOptions struct {
 	PipelinedMemDB bool
 }
 
+// PrewriteEncounterLockPolicy specifies the policy when prewrite encounters locks.
+type PrewriteEncounterLockPolicy int
+
+const (
+	// TryResolvePolicy is the default one: try to resolve those locks with smaller startTS.
+	TryResolvePolicy PrewriteEncounterLockPolicy = iota
+	// NoResolvePolicy means do not resolve, but return write conflict errors directly.
+	// This can be used to let the upper layer choose to retry in pessimistic mode.
+	NoResolvePolicy
+)
+
+func (p PrewriteEncounterLockPolicy) String() string {
+	switch p {
+	case TryResolvePolicy:
+		return "TryResolvePolicy"
+	case NoResolvePolicy:
+		return "NoResolvePolicy"
+	default:
+		return "Unknown"
+	}
+}
+
 // KVTxn contains methods to interact with a TiKV transaction.
 type KVTxn struct {
 	snapshot  *txnsnapshot.KVSnapshot
@@ -172,6 +194,8 @@ type KVTxn struct {
 
 	isPipelined     bool
 	pipelinedCancel context.CancelFunc
+
+	prewriteEncounterLockPolicy PrewriteEncounterLockPolicy
 }
 
 // NewTiKVTxn creates a new KVTxn.
@@ -472,6 +496,11 @@ func (txn *KVTxn) SetAssertionLevel(assertionLevel kvrpcpb.AssertionLevel) {
 	txn.assertionLevel = assertionLevel
 }
 
+// SetPrewriteEncounterLockPolicy specifies the behavior when prewrite encounters locks.
+func (txn *KVTxn) SetPrewriteEncounterLockPolicy(policy PrewriteEncounterLockPolicy) {
+	txn.prewriteEncounterLockPolicy = policy
+}
+
 // IsPessimistic returns true if it is pessimistic.
 func (txn *KVTxn) IsPessimistic() bool {
 	return txn.isPessimistic