diff --git a/discovery/discovery.go b/discovery/discovery.go
index 3dbb7b470..b1e7bd7ef 100644
--- a/discovery/discovery.go
+++ b/discovery/discovery.go
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ func (d *discovery) waitNodes(nodes client.Nodes, size int, index uint64) (clien
 	if len(nodes) > size {
 		nodes = nodes[:size]
 	}
-	w := d.c.RecursiveWatch(d.cluster, index)
+	// watch from the next index
+	w := d.c.RecursiveWatch(d.cluster, index+1)
 	all := make(client.Nodes, len(nodes))
 	copy(all, nodes)
 	for _, n := range all {