diff --git a/server/etcdserver/server.go b/server/etcdserver/server.go
index 13fc5f5b360..636c4aaedcc 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -1104,6 +1104,14 @@ func verifySnapshotIndex(snapshot raftpb.Snapshot, cindex uint64) {
 	})
 }
 
+func verifyConsistentIndexIsLatest(lg *zap.Logger, snapshot raftpb.Snapshot, cindex uint64) {
+	verify.Verify(func() {
+		if cindex < snapshot.Metadata.Index {
+			lg.Panic(fmt.Sprintf("consistent_index(%d) is older than snapshot index (%d)", cindex, snapshot.Metadata.Index))
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func (s *EtcdServer) applyEntries(ep *etcdProgress, apply *toApply) {
 	if len(apply.entries) == 0 {
 		return
@@ -2082,6 +2090,9 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) snapshot(snapi uint64, confState raftpb.ConfState) {
 			}
 			lg.Panic("failed to create snapshot", zap.Error(err))
 		}
+
+		verifyConsistentIndexIsLatest(lg, snap, s.consistIndex.ConsistentIndex())
+
 		// SaveSnap saves the snapshot to file and appends the corresponding WAL entry.
 		if err = s.r.storage.SaveSnap(snap); err != nil {
 			lg.Panic("failed to save snapshot", zap.Error(err))
diff --git a/server/etcdserver/server_test.go b/server/etcdserver/server_test.go
index 2bf113505f4..f5414e188fc 100644
--- a/server/etcdserver/server_test.go
+++ b/server/etcdserver/server_test.go
@@ -1017,6 +1017,9 @@ func TestSyncTrigger(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestSnapshot should snapshot the store and cut the persistent
 func TestSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	revertFunc := verify.DisableVerifications()
+	defer revertFunc()
+
 	be, _ := betesting.NewDefaultTmpBackend(t)
 
 	s := raft.NewMemoryStorage()