diff --git a/raft/node.go b/raft/node.go
index 7c5f329e4..f9053da09 100644
--- a/raft/node.go
+++ b/raft/node.go
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ func newReady(r *raft, prevSoftSt *SoftState, prevHardSt pb.HardState) Ready {
 	if len(r.readStates) != 0 {
 		rd.ReadStates = r.readStates
 	}
-	rd.MustSync = MustSync(rd.HardState, prevHardSt, len(rd.Entries))
+	rd.MustSync = MustSync(r.hardState(), prevHardSt, len(rd.Entries))
 	return rd
 }
 
diff --git a/raft/rawnode_test.go b/raft/rawnode_test.go
index 8b8ccf5d3..4c794a763 100644
--- a/raft/rawnode_test.go
+++ b/raft/rawnode_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ func TestRawNodeProposeAndConfChange(t *testing.T) {
 	s.Append(rd.Entries)
 	rawNode.Advance(rd)
 
+	if d := rawNode.Ready(); d.MustSync || !IsEmptyHardState(d.HardState) || len(d.Entries) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected empty hard state with must-sync=false: %#v", d)
+	}
+
 	rawNode.Campaign()
 	proposed := false
 	var (
@@ -329,7 +333,7 @@ func TestRawNodeRestart(t *testing.T) {
 		HardState: emptyState,
 		// commit up to commit index in st
 		CommittedEntries: entries[:st.Commit],
-		MustSync:         true,
+		MustSync:         false,
 	}
 
 	storage := NewMemoryStorage()
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ func TestRawNodeRestartFromSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 		HardState: emptyState,
 		// commit up to commit index in st
 		CommittedEntries: entries,
-		MustSync:         true,
+		MustSync:         false,
 	}
 
 	s := NewMemoryStorage()