diff --git a/etcdserver/server.go b/etcdserver/server.go
index 187d82e13..1eb5bcad2 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) ReportSnapshot(id uint64, status raft.SnapshotStatus) {
 type etcdProgress struct {
 	confState raftpb.ConfState
 	snapi     uint64
+	appliedt  uint64
 	appliedi  uint64
 }
 
@@ -676,6 +677,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) run() {
 	ep := etcdProgress{
 		confState: sn.Metadata.ConfState,
 		snapi:     sn.Metadata.Index,
+		appliedt:  sn.Metadata.Term,
 		appliedi:  sn.Metadata.Index,
 	}
 
@@ -777,7 +779,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) applyAll(ep *etcdProgress, apply *apply) {
 	select {
 	// snapshot requested via send()
 	case m := <-s.r.msgSnapC:
-		merged := s.createMergedSnapshotMessage(m, ep.appliedi, ep.confState)
+		merged := s.createMergedSnapshotMessage(m, ep.appliedt, ep.appliedi, ep.confState)
 		s.sendMergedSnap(merged)
 	default:
 	}
@@ -879,6 +881,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) applySnapshot(ep *etcdProgress, apply *apply) {
 	}
 	plog.Info("finished adding peers from new cluster configuration into network...")
 
+	ep.appliedt = apply.snapshot.Metadata.Term
 	ep.appliedi = apply.snapshot.Metadata.Index
 	ep.snapi = ep.appliedi
 	ep.confState = apply.snapshot.Metadata.ConfState
@@ -900,7 +903,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) applyEntries(ep *etcdProgress, apply *apply) {
 		return
 	}
 	var shouldstop bool
-	if ep.appliedi, shouldstop = s.apply(ents, &ep.confState); shouldstop {
+	if ep.appliedt, ep.appliedi, shouldstop = s.apply(ents, &ep.confState); shouldstop {
 		go s.stopWithDelay(10*100*time.Millisecond, fmt.Errorf("the member has been permanently removed from the cluster"))
 	}
 }
@@ -1254,9 +1257,7 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) sendMergedSnap(merged snap.Message) {
 // apply takes entries received from Raft (after it has been committed) and
 // applies them to the current state of the EtcdServer.
 // The given entries should not be empty.
-func (s *EtcdServer) apply(es []raftpb.Entry, confState *raftpb.ConfState) (uint64, bool) {
-	var applied uint64
-	var shouldstop bool
+func (s *EtcdServer) apply(es []raftpb.Entry, confState *raftpb.ConfState) (appliedt uint64, appliedi uint64, shouldStop bool) {
 	for i := range es {
 		e := es[i]
 		switch e.Type {
@@ -1266,16 +1267,17 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) apply(es []raftpb.Entry, confState *raftpb.ConfState) (uint
 			var cc raftpb.ConfChange
 			pbutil.MustUnmarshal(&cc, e.Data)
 			removedSelf, err := s.applyConfChange(cc, confState)
-			shouldstop = shouldstop || removedSelf
+			shouldStop = shouldStop || removedSelf
 			s.w.Trigger(cc.ID, err)
 		default:
 			plog.Panicf("entry type should be either EntryNormal or EntryConfChange")
 		}
 		atomic.StoreUint64(&s.r.index, e.Index)
 		atomic.StoreUint64(&s.r.term, e.Term)
-		applied = e.Index
+		appliedt = e.Term
+		appliedi = e.Index
 	}
-	return applied, shouldstop
+	return appliedt, appliedi, shouldStop
 }
 
 // applyEntryNormal apples an EntryNormal type raftpb request to the EtcdServer
diff --git a/etcdserver/server_test.go b/etcdserver/server_test.go
index af79517e0..57b1aebd8 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server_test.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server_test.go
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ func TestApplyMultiConfChangeShouldStop(t *testing.T) {
 		ents = append(ents, ent)
 	}
 
-	_, shouldStop := srv.apply(ents, &raftpb.ConfState{})
+	_, _, shouldStop := srv.apply(ents, &raftpb.ConfState{})
 	if !shouldStop {
 		t.Errorf("shouldStop = %t, want %t", shouldStop, true)
 	}
diff --git a/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go b/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go
index 1de996c50..9cfc85216 100644
--- a/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go
+++ b/etcdserver/snapshot_merge.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package etcdserver
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"log"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/mvcc/backend"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft/raftpb"
@@ -26,12 +25,7 @@ import (
 // createMergedSnapshotMessage creates a snapshot message that contains: raft status (term, conf),
 // a snapshot of v2 store inside raft.Snapshot as []byte, a snapshot of v3 KV in the top level message
 // as ReadCloser.
-func (s *EtcdServer) createMergedSnapshotMessage(m raftpb.Message, snapi uint64, confState raftpb.ConfState) snap.Message {
-	snapt, err := s.r.raftStorage.Term(snapi)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Panicf("get term should never fail: %v", err)
-	}
-
+func (s *EtcdServer) createMergedSnapshotMessage(m raftpb.Message, snapt, snapi uint64, confState raftpb.ConfState) snap.Message {
 	// get a snapshot of v2 store as []byte
 	clone := s.store.Clone()
 	d, err := clone.SaveNoCopy()