diff --git a/openraft/src/storage/helper.rs b/openraft/src/storage/helper.rs
index a1defb3a2..d188654a2 100644
--- a/openraft/src/storage/helper.rs
+++ b/openraft/src/storage/helper.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use anyerror::AnyError;
 use validit::Valid;
 
 use crate::display_ext::DisplayOptionExt;
@@ -93,10 +94,7 @@ where
             let start = last_applied.next_index();
             let end = committed.next_index();
 
-            tracing::info!("re-apply log {}..{} to state machine", start, end);
-
-            let entries = log_reader.try_get_log_entries(start..end).await?;
-            self.state_machine.apply(entries).await?;
+            self.reapply_committed(start, end).await?;
 
             last_applied = committed;
         }
@@ -170,6 +168,57 @@ where
         })
     }
 
+    /// Read log entries from [`RaftLogReader`] in chunks, and apply them to the state machine.
+    pub(crate) async fn reapply_committed(&mut self, mut start: u64, end: u64) -> Result<(), StorageError<C>> {
+        let chunk_size = 64;
+
+        tracing::info!(
+            "re-apply log [{}..{}) in {} item chunks to state machine",
+            chunk_size,
+            start,
+            end
+        );
+
+        let mut log_reader = self.log_store.get_log_reader().await;
+
+        while start < end {
+            let chunk_end = std::cmp::min(end, start + chunk_size);
+            let entries = log_reader.try_get_log_entries(start..chunk_end).await?;
+
+            let first = entries.first().map(|x| x.get_log_id().index);
+            let last = entries.last().map(|x| x.get_log_id().index);
+
+            let make_err = || {
+                let err = AnyError::error(format!(
+                    "Failed to get log entries, expected index: [{}, {}), got [{:?}, {:?})",
+                    start, chunk_end, first, last
+                ));
+
+                tracing::error!("{}", err);
+                err
+            };
+
+            if first != Some(start) {
+                return Err(StorageError::read_log_at_index(start, make_err()));
+            }
+            if last != Some(chunk_end - 1) {
+                return Err(StorageError::read_log_at_index(chunk_end - 1, make_err()));
+            }
+
+            tracing::info!(
+                "re-apply {} log entries: [{}, {}),",
+                chunk_end - start,
+                start,
+                chunk_end
+            );
+            self.state_machine.apply(entries).await?;
+
+            start = chunk_end;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Returns the last 2 membership config found in log or state machine.
     ///
     /// A raft node needs to store at most 2 membership config log:
diff --git a/stores/memstore/Cargo.toml b/stores/memstore/Cargo.toml
index 37e4f072f..c3041f5ac 100644
--- a/stores/memstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/stores/memstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ tracing         = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 
 [features]
+bt = ["openraft/bt"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/stores/rocksstore/Cargo.toml b/stores/rocksstore/Cargo.toml
index 00d06be00..ba96dff24 100644
--- a/stores/rocksstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/stores/rocksstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ tracing         = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { version = "3.4.0" }
 
+[features]
+bt = ["openraft/bt"]
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/stores/sledstore/Cargo.toml b/stores/sledstore/Cargo.toml
index 75a9fef77..108207d86 100644
--- a/stores/sledstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/stores/sledstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@ tracing         = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { version = "3.4.0" }
 
+[features]
+bt = ["openraft/bt"]
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true