diff --git a/cmd/XDC/config.go b/cmd/XDC/config.go
index b5e22c12e9..f54ceb922b 100644
--- a/cmd/XDC/config.go
+++ b/cmd/XDC/config.go
@@ -170,16 +170,6 @@ func makeConfigNode(ctx *cli.Context) (*node.Node, XDCConfig) {
 		common.Enable0xPrefix = false
 	}
 
-	// Rewound
-	if rewound := ctx.Int(utils.RewoundFlag.Name); rewound != 0 {
-		common.Rewound = uint64(rewound)
-	}
-
-	// Check rollback hash exist.
-	if rollbackHash := ctx.String(utils.RollbackFlag.Name); rollbackHash != "" {
-		common.RollbackHash = common.HexToHash(rollbackHash)
-	}
-
 	// Check GasPrice
 	common.MinGasPrice = big.NewInt(common.DefaultMinGasPrice)
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.MinerGasPriceFlag.Name) {
diff --git a/cmd/XDC/main.go b/cmd/XDC/main.go
index 778d64bcb1..01078a7f48 100644
--- a/cmd/XDC/main.go
+++ b/cmd/XDC/main.go
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ var (
 		//utils.VMEnableDebugFlag,
 		utils.Enable0xPrefixFlag,
 		utils.EnableXDCPrefixFlag,
-		utils.RewoundFlag,
 		utils.NetworkIdFlag,
 		utils.HTTPCORSDomainFlag,
 		utils.HTTPVirtualHostsFlag,
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ var (
 		utils.LogBacktraceAtFlag,
 		utils.AnnounceTxsFlag,
 		utils.StoreRewardFlag,
-		utils.RollbackFlag,
+		utils.SetHeadFlag,
 		utils.XDCSlaveModeFlag,
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index c57b9e1e63..d1fd1e387b 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -738,10 +738,10 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	// MISC settings
-	RollbackFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
-		Name:     "rollback",
-		Usage:    "Rollback chain at hash",
-		Value:    "",
+	SetHeadFlag = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:     "set-head",
+		Usage:    "Rollback chain to block number",
+		Value:    0,
 		Category: flags.MiscCategory,
 	}
 	AnnounceTxsFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
@@ -756,12 +756,6 @@ var (
 		Value:    false,
 		Category: flags.MiscCategory,
 	}
-	RewoundFlag = &cli.IntFlag{
-		Name:     "rewound",
-		Usage:    "Rewound blocks",
-		Value:    0,
-		Category: flags.MiscCategory,
-	}
 
 	// XDC settings
 	Enable0xPrefixFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
@@ -1491,6 +1485,13 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 			os.Mkdir(common.StoreRewardFolder, os.ModePerm)
 		}
 	}
+	if ctx.IsSet(SetHeadFlag.Name) {
+		common.RollbackNumber = ctx.Uint64(SetHeadFlag.Name)
+		if common.RollbackNumber == 0 {
+			Fatalf("the flag --%s must be greater than 0", SetHeadFlag.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Override any default configs for hard coded networks.
 	switch {
 	case ctx.Bool(MainnetFlag.Name):
diff --git a/common/constants.all.go b/common/constants.all.go
index 5b226273a0..68fe3995f8 100644
--- a/common/constants.all.go
+++ b/common/constants.all.go
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ var (
 	IsTestnet      bool = false
 	Enable0xPrefix bool = true
 
-	Rewound = uint64(0)
-
-	RollbackHash Hash
+	RollbackNumber = uint64(0)
 
 	StoreRewardFolder string
 
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 752455b9fc..6b971cffa1 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, chainConfig *par
 	if err := bc.loadLastState(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	// Check the current state of the block hashes and make sure that we do not have any of the bad blocks in our chain
 	for hash := range BadHashes {
 		if header := bc.GetHeaderByHash(hash); header != nil {
@@ -332,11 +333,8 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 		log.Warn("Head block missing, resetting chain", "hash", head)
 		return bc.Reset()
 	}
-	repair := false
-	if common.Rewound != uint64(0) {
-		repair = true
-	}
 	// Make sure the state associated with the block is available
+	repair := false
 	_, err := state.New(currentBlock.Root(), bc.stateCache)
 	if err != nil {
 		repair = true
@@ -395,13 +393,6 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 	}
 	bc.hc.SetCurrentHeader(currentHeader)
 
-	if engine, ok := bc.Engine().(*XDPoS.XDPoS); ok {
-		err := engine.Initial(bc, currentHeader)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Restore the last known head fast block
 	bc.currentFastBlock.Store(currentBlock)
 	headFastBlockGauge.Update(int64(currentBlock.NumberU64()))
@@ -432,8 +423,6 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) loadLastState() error {
 // though, the head may be further rewound if block bodies are missing (non-archive
 // nodes after a fast sync).
 func (bc *BlockChain) SetHead(head uint64) error {
-	log.Warn("Rewinding blockchain", "target", head)
-
 	if !bc.chainmu.TryLock() {
 		return errChainStopped
 	}
@@ -685,7 +674,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) ResetWithGenesisBlock(genesis *types.Block) error {
 func (bc *BlockChain) repair(head **types.Block) error {
 	for {
 		// Abort if we've rewound to a head block that does have associated state
-		if (common.Rewound == uint64(0)) || ((*head).Number().Uint64() < common.Rewound) {
+		if (common.RollbackNumber == 0) || ((*head).Number().Uint64() < common.RollbackNumber) {
 			if _, err := state.New((*head).Root(), bc.stateCache); err == nil {
 				log.Info("Rewound blockchain to past state", "number", (*head).Number(), "hash", (*head).Hash())
 				engine, ok := bc.Engine().(*XDPoS.XDPoS)
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 687d763f44..d04b091d6a 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -200,6 +200,34 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *ethconfig.Config, XDCXServ *XDCx.XDCX
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// Rollback according to SetHeadFlag
+	if common.RollbackNumber != 0 {
+		target := common.RollbackNumber
+		common.RollbackNumber = 0
+		currentBlock := eth.blockchain.CurrentBlock()
+		if currentBlock == nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("not find current block when rollback to %d", common.RollbackNumber)
+		}
+		currentNumber := currentBlock.NumberU64()
+		if target > currentNumber {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't rollback to %d which is greater than current %d", target, currentNumber)
+		}
+		log.Warn("Start rollback", "target", target, "current", currentNumber)
+		err := eth.blockchain.SetHead(target)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("fail to rollback: target=%d, current=%d, err: %w", target, currentNumber, err)
+		}
+		log.Warn("Rollback completed", "target", target)
+	}
+
+	if engine, ok := eth.blockchain.Engine().(*XDPoS.XDPoS); ok {
+		err := engine.Initial(eth.blockchain, eth.blockchain.CurrentHeader())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Rewind the chain in case of an incompatible config upgrade.
 	if compat, ok := genesisErr.(*params.ConfigCompatError); ok {
 		log.Warn("Rewinding chain to upgrade configuration", "err", compat)
@@ -214,29 +242,6 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *ethconfig.Config, XDCXServ *XDCx.XDCX
 	eth.txPool = txpool.NewTxPool(config.TxPool, eth.chainConfig, eth.blockchain)
 	eth.orderPool = txpool.NewOrderPool(eth.chainConfig, eth.blockchain)
 	eth.lendingPool = txpool.NewLendingPool(eth.chainConfig, eth.blockchain)
-	if common.RollbackHash != (common.Hash{}) {
-		curBlock := eth.blockchain.CurrentBlock()
-		if curBlock == nil {
-			log.Warn("not find current block when rollback")
-		}
-		prevBlock := eth.blockchain.GetBlockByHash(common.RollbackHash)
-
-		if curBlock != nil && prevBlock != nil && curBlock.NumberU64() > prevBlock.NumberU64() {
-			for ; curBlock != nil && curBlock.NumberU64() != prevBlock.NumberU64(); curBlock = eth.blockchain.GetBlock(curBlock.ParentHash(), curBlock.NumberU64()-1) {
-				eth.blockchain.Rollback([]common.Hash{curBlock.Hash()})
-			}
-		}
-
-		if prevBlock != nil {
-			err := eth.blockchain.SetHead(prevBlock.NumberU64())
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Crit("Err Rollback", "err", err)
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		} else {
-			log.Error("skip SetHead because target block is nil when rollback")
-		}
-	}
 
 	if eth.protocolManager, err = NewProtocolManagerEx(eth.chainConfig, config.SyncMode, networkID, eth.eventMux, eth.txPool, eth.orderPool, eth.lendingPool, eth.engine, eth.blockchain, chainDb); err != nil {
 		return nil, err