diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_shard.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_shard.erl
index 2d19ec7ef..f4c0d3b01 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_shard.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer_shard.erl
@@ -173,13 +173,14 @@ add_local_server(DB, Shard) ->
                 membership => voter
             }
     end,
-    case ra:add_member(ShardServers, ServerRecord, ?MEMBERSHIP_CHANGE_TIMEOUT) of
+    Timeout = ?MEMBERSHIP_CHANGE_TIMEOUT,
+    case ra_try_servers(ShardServers, fun ra:add_member/3, [ServerRecord, Timeout]) of
         {ok, _, _Leader} ->
             ok;
         {error, already_member} ->
             ok;
-        {error, Reason} ->
-            {error, recoverable, Reason}
+        Error ->
+            {error, recoverable, Error}
     end.
 
 %% @doc Remove a local server from the shard cluster and clean up on-disk data.
@@ -219,13 +220,14 @@ drop_local_server(DB, Shard) ->
     ok | emqx_ds:error(_Reason).
 remove_server(DB, Shard, Server) ->
     ShardServers = shard_servers(DB, Shard),
-    case ra:remove_member(ShardServers, Server, ?MEMBERSHIP_CHANGE_TIMEOUT) of
+    Timeout = ?MEMBERSHIP_CHANGE_TIMEOUT,
+    case ra_try_servers(ShardServers, fun ra:remove_member/3, [Server, Timeout]) of
         {ok, _, _Leader} ->
             ok;
         {error, not_member} ->
             ok;
-        {error, Reason} ->
-            {error, recoverable, Reason}
+        Error ->
+            {error, recoverable, Error}
     end.
 
 -spec server_info
@@ -272,6 +274,20 @@ member_readiness(#{status := Status, voter_status := #{membership := Membership}
 member_readiness(#{}) ->
     unknown.
 
+%%
+
+ra_try_servers([Server | Rest], Fun, Args) ->
+    case erlang:apply(Fun, [Server | Args]) of
+        {ok, R, Leader} ->
+            {ok, R, Leader};
+        {error, Reason} when Reason == noproc; Reason == nodedown ->
+            ra_try_servers(Rest, Fun, Args);
+        ErrorOrTimeout ->
+            ErrorOrTimeout
+    end;
+ra_try_servers([], _Fun, _Args) ->
+    {error, servers_unreachable}.
+
 ra_overview(Server) ->
     case ra:member_overview(Server) of
         {ok, Overview, _Leader} ->