diff --git a/br/pkg/aws/ebs.go b/br/pkg/aws/ebs.go
index 01f912e78f140..8c0af465dd103 100644
--- a/br/pkg/aws/ebs.go
+++ b/br/pkg/aws/ebs.go
@@ -149,7 +149,20 @@ func (e *EC2Session) CreateSnapshots(backupInfo *config.EBSBasedBRMeta) (map[str
 				resp, err := e.createSnapshotsWithRetry(context.TODO(), &createSnapshotInput)
 
 				if err != nil {
-					return errors.Trace(err)
+					if aErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
+						if aErr.Code() == "TagLimitExceeded" {
+							log.Warn("tag number exceeds AWS limitation during snapshots, retry without tagging")
+							createSnapshotInput.SetTagSpecifications(nil)
+							resp, err = e.createSnapshotsWithRetry(context.TODO(), &createSnapshotInput)
+							if err != nil {
+								return errors.Trace(err)
+							}
+						} else {
+							return errors.Trace(err)
+						}
+					} else {
+						return errors.Trace(err)
+					}
 				}
 				fillResult(resp)
 				return nil
@@ -592,10 +605,12 @@ func (e *EC2Session) CreateVolumes(meta *config.EBSBasedBRMeta, volumeType strin
 					return errors.Errorf("specified snapshot [%s] is not found", oldVol.SnapshotID)
 				}
 
-				// Copy tags from source snapshots
+				// Copy tags from source snapshots, but avoid recursive tagging
 				for j := range resp.Snapshots[0].Tags {
-					tags = append(tags,
-						ec2Tag("snapshot/"+aws.StringValue(resp.Snapshots[0].Tags[j].Key), aws.StringValue(resp.Snapshots[0].Tags[j].Value)))
+					if !strings.HasPrefix(aws.StringValue(resp.Snapshots[0].Tags[j].Key), "snapshot/") {
+						tags = append(tags,
+							ec2Tag("snapshot/"+aws.StringValue(resp.Snapshots[0].Tags[j].Key), aws.StringValue(resp.Snapshots[0].Tags[j].Value)))
+					}
 				}
 
 				req.SetTagSpecifications([]*ec2.TagSpecification{
@@ -607,7 +622,20 @@ func (e *EC2Session) CreateVolumes(meta *config.EBSBasedBRMeta, volumeType strin
 
 				newVol, err := e.ec2.CreateVolume(&req)
 				if err != nil {
-					return errors.Trace(err)
+					if aErr, ok := err.(awserr.Error); ok {
+						if aErr.Code() == "TagLimitExceeded" {
+							log.Warn("tag number exceeds AWS limitation, retry without tagging", zap.String("from_snapshot", oldVol.SnapshotID))
+							req.SetTagSpecifications(nil)
+							newVol, err = e.ec2.CreateVolume(&req)
+							if err != nil {
+								return errors.Trace(err)
+							}
+						} else {
+							return errors.Trace(err)
+						}
+					} else {
+						return errors.Trace(err)
+					}
 				}
 				log.Info("new volume creating", zap.Stringer("vol", newVol))
 				fillResult(newVol, oldVol)