diff --git a/client/pkg/fileutil/filereader.go b/client/pkg/fileutil/filereader.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55248888c
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+++ b/client/pkg/fileutil/filereader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package fileutil
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// FileReader is a wrapper of io.Reader. It also provides file info.
+type FileReader interface {
+	io.Reader
+	FileInfo() (fs.FileInfo, error)
+}
+
+type fileReader struct {
+	*os.File
+}
+
+func NewFileReader(f *os.File) FileReader {
+	return &fileReader{f}
+}
+
+func (fr *fileReader) FileInfo() (fs.FileInfo, error) {
+	return fr.Stat()
+}
+
+// FileBufReader is a wrapper of bufio.Reader. It also provides file info.
+type FileBufReader struct {
+	*bufio.Reader
+	fi fs.FileInfo
+}
+
+func NewFileBufReader(fr FileReader) *FileBufReader {
+	bufReader := bufio.NewReader(fr)
+	fi, err := fr.FileInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		// This should never happen.
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return &FileBufReader{bufReader, fi}
+}
+
+func (fbr *FileBufReader) FileInfo() fs.FileInfo {
+	return fbr.fi
+}
diff --git a/client/pkg/fileutil/filereader_test.go b/client/pkg/fileutil/filereader_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f64d1029e
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+++ b/client/pkg/fileutil/filereader_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package fileutil
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestFileBufReader(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "wal")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	fi, err := f.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	fbr := NewFileBufReader(NewFileReader(f))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, fi.Name(), fbr.FileInfo().Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, fi.Size(), fbr.FileInfo().Size())
+	assert.Equal(t, fi.IsDir(), fbr.FileInfo().IsDir())
+	assert.Equal(t, fi.Mode(), fbr.FileInfo().Mode())
+	assert.Equal(t, fi.ModTime(), fbr.FileInfo().ModTime())
+}