diff --git a/raft/node.go b/raft/node.go
index 33a9db840012..53d7e90dbee4 100644
--- a/raft/node.go
+++ b/raft/node.go
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ func (n *node) run(r *raft) {
 			if cc.NodeID == None {
 				r.resetPendingConf()
 				select {
-				case n.confstatec <- pb.ConfState{Nodes: r.nodes()}:
+				case n.confstatec <- pb.ConfState{
+					Nodes:    r.nodes(),
+					Learners: r.learnerNodes()}:
 				case <-n.done:
 				}
 				break
@@ -349,7 +351,9 @@ func (n *node) run(r *raft) {
 				panic("unexpected conf type")
 			}
 			select {
-			case n.confstatec <- pb.ConfState{Nodes: r.nodes()}:
+			case n.confstatec <- pb.ConfState{
+				Nodes:    r.nodes(),
+				Learners: r.learnerNodes()}:
 			case <-n.done:
 			}
 		case <-n.tickc:
diff --git a/raft/node_test.go b/raft/node_test.go
index 4401412e7743..d1f20c4036d1 100644
--- a/raft/node_test.go
+++ b/raft/node_test.go
@@ -728,3 +728,54 @@ func TestIsHardStateEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNodeProposeAddLearnerNode(t *testing.T) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * 100)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	n := newNode()
+	s := NewMemoryStorage()
+	r := newTestRaft(1, []uint64{1}, 10, 1, s)
+	go n.run(r)
+	n.Campaign(context.TODO())
+	stop := make(chan struct{})
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	applyConfChan := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(done)
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-stop:
+				return
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				n.Tick()
+			case rd := <-n.Ready():
+				s.Append(rd.Entries)
+				t.Logf("raft: %v", rd.Entries)
+				for _, ent := range rd.Entries {
+					if ent.Type == raftpb.EntryConfChange {
+						var cc raftpb.ConfChange
+						cc.Unmarshal(ent.Data)
+						state := n.ApplyConfChange(cc)
+						if len(state.Learners) == 0 ||
+							state.Learners[0] != cc.NodeID ||
+							cc.NodeID != 2 {
+							t.Fatalf("apply conf change should return new added learner: %v", state.String())
+						}
+
+						if len(state.Nodes) != 1 {
+							t.Fatalf("add learner should not change the nodes: %v", state.String())
+						}
+						t.Logf("apply raft conf %v changed to: %v", cc, state.String())
+						applyConfChan <- struct{}{}
+					}
+				}
+				n.Advance()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	cc := raftpb.ConfChange{Type: raftpb.ConfChangeAddLearnerNode, NodeID: 2}
+	n.ProposeConfChange(context.TODO(), cc)
+	<-applyConfChan
+	close(stop)
+	<-done
+}
diff --git a/raft/raft.go b/raft/raft.go
index 1b191d9ff261..e2bbc898c537 100644
--- a/raft/raft.go
+++ b/raft/raft.go
@@ -372,10 +372,16 @@ func (r *raft) hardState() pb.HardState {
 func (r *raft) quorum() int { return len(r.prs)/2 + 1 }
 
 func (r *raft) nodes() []uint64 {
-	nodes := make([]uint64, 0, len(r.prs)+len(r.learnerPrs))
+	nodes := make([]uint64, 0, len(r.prs))
 	for id := range r.prs {
 		nodes = append(nodes, id)
 	}
+	sort.Sort(uint64Slice(nodes))
+	return nodes
+}
+
+func (r *raft) learnerNodes() []uint64 {
+	nodes := make([]uint64, 0, len(r.learnerPrs))
 	for id := range r.learnerPrs {
 		nodes = append(nodes, id)
 	}
diff --git a/raft/raft_test.go b/raft/raft_test.go
index c1416d05150a..d6852de22d89 100644
--- a/raft/raft_test.go
+++ b/raft/raft_test.go
@@ -2475,8 +2475,12 @@ func TestRestoreWithLearner(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("log.lastTerm = %d, want %d", mustTerm(sm.raftLog.term(s.Metadata.Index)), s.Metadata.Term)
 	}
 	sg := sm.nodes()
-	if len(sg) != len(s.Metadata.ConfState.Nodes)+len(s.Metadata.ConfState.Learners) {
-		t.Errorf("sm.Nodes = %+v, length not equal with %+v", sg, s.Metadata.ConfState)
+	if len(sg) != len(s.Metadata.ConfState.Nodes) {
+		t.Errorf("sm.Nodes = %+v, length not equal with %+v", sg, s.Metadata.ConfState.Nodes)
+	}
+	lns := sm.learnerNodes()
+	if len(lns) != len(s.Metadata.ConfState.Learners) {
+		t.Errorf("sm.LearnerNodes = %+v, length not equal with %+v", sg, s.Metadata.ConfState.Learners)
 	}
 	for _, n := range s.Metadata.ConfState.Nodes {
 		if sm.prs[n].IsLearner {
@@ -2827,8 +2831,8 @@ func TestAddLearner(t *testing.T) {
 	if r.pendingConf {
 		t.Errorf("pendingConf = %v, want false", r.pendingConf)
 	}
-	nodes := r.nodes()
-	wnodes := []uint64{1, 2}
+	nodes := r.learnerNodes()
+	wnodes := []uint64{2}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(nodes, wnodes) {
 		t.Errorf("nodes = %v, want %v", nodes, wnodes)
 	}
@@ -2908,9 +2912,13 @@ func TestRemoveLearner(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("nodes = %v, want %v", g, w)
 	}
 
+	w = []uint64{}
+	if g := r.learnerNodes(); !reflect.DeepEqual(g, w) {
+		t.Errorf("nodes = %v, want %v", g, w)
+	}
+
 	// remove all nodes from cluster
 	r.removeNode(1)
-	w = []uint64{}
 	if g := r.nodes(); !reflect.DeepEqual(g, w) {
 		t.Errorf("nodes = %v, want %v", g, w)
 	}
diff --git a/raft/rawnode.go b/raft/rawnode.go
index 925cb851c4ad..8be2fa8ed086 100644
--- a/raft/rawnode.go
+++ b/raft/rawnode.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (rn *RawNode) ProposeConfChange(cc pb.ConfChange) error {
 func (rn *RawNode) ApplyConfChange(cc pb.ConfChange) *pb.ConfState {
 	if cc.NodeID == None {
 		rn.raft.resetPendingConf()
-		return &pb.ConfState{Nodes: rn.raft.nodes()}
+		return &pb.ConfState{Nodes: rn.raft.nodes(), Learners: rn.raft.learnerNodes()}
 	}
 	switch cc.Type {
 	case pb.ConfChangeAddNode:
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (rn *RawNode) ApplyConfChange(cc pb.ConfChange) *pb.ConfState {
 	default:
 		panic("unexpected conf type")
 	}
-	return &pb.ConfState{Nodes: rn.raft.nodes()}
+	return &pb.ConfState{Nodes: rn.raft.nodes(), Learners: rn.raft.learnerNodes()}
 }
 
 // Step advances the state machine using the given message.