diff --git a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader.erl b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader.erl
index a6307765e..9c4aa5e0c 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_ft/src/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader.erl
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ table(ReaderPid) ->
                     [Data | fun() -> NextFun(Pid) end];
                 {error, Reason} ->
                     ?SLOG(warning, #{msg => "file_read_error", reason => Reason}),
+                    [];
+                {BadRPC, Reason} when BadRPC =:= badrpc orelse BadRPC =:= badtcp ->
+                    ?SLOG(warning, #{msg => "file_read_rpc_error", kind => BadRPC, reason => Reason}),
                     []
             end
         catch
@@ -84,13 +87,15 @@ read(Pid) ->
     gen_server:call(Pid, read).
 
 init([CallerPid, Filename, ChunkSize]) ->
-    true = link(CallerPid),
+    MRef = erlang:monitor(process, CallerPid),
     case file:open(Filename, [read, raw, binary]) of
         {ok, File} ->
             {ok, #{
                 filename => Filename,
                 file => File,
-                chunk_size => ChunkSize
+                chunk_size => ChunkSize,
+                caller_pid => CallerPid,
+                mref => MRef
             }};
         {error, Reason} ->
             {stop, Reason}
@@ -99,10 +104,10 @@ init([CallerPid, Filename, ChunkSize]) ->
 handle_call(read, _From, #{file := File, chunk_size := ChunkSize} = State) ->
     case file:read(File, ChunkSize) of
         {ok, Data} ->
-            ?SLOG(warning, #{msg => "read", bytes => byte_size(Data)}),
+            ?SLOG(debug, #{msg => "read", bytes => byte_size(Data)}),
             {reply, {ok, Data}, State};
         eof ->
-            ?SLOG(warning, #{msg => "read", eof => true}),
+            ?SLOG(debug, #{msg => "read", eof => true}),
             {stop, normal, eof, State};
         {error, Reason} = Error ->
             {stop, Reason, Error, State}
@@ -110,6 +115,10 @@ handle_call(read, _From, #{file := File, chunk_size := ChunkSize} = State) ->
 handle_call(Msg, _From, State) ->
     {stop, {bad_call, Msg}, {bad_call, Msg}, State}.
 
+handle_info(
+    {'DOWN', MRef, process, CallerPid, _Reason}, #{mref := MRef, caller_pid := CallerPid} = State
+) ->
+    {stop, {caller_down, CallerPid}, State};
 handle_info(Msg, State) ->
     ?SLOG(warning, #{msg => "unexpected_message", info_msg => Msg}),
     {noreply, State}.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_ft/src/proto/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader_proto_v1.erl b/apps/emqx_ft/src/proto/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader_proto_v1.erl
index 1bbb05471..982b9ca57 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_ft/src/proto/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader_proto_v1.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_ft/src/proto/emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader_proto_v1.erl
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ introduced_in() ->
 -spec read(node(), pid()) ->
     {ok, binary()} | eof | {error, term()} | no_return().
 read(Node, Pid) ->
-    erpc:call(Node, emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader, read, [Pid]).
+    emqx_rpc:call(Node, emqx_ft_storage_fs_reader, read, [Pid]).