diff --git a/orderer/consensus/etcdraft/chain.go b/orderer/consensus/etcdraft/chain.go
index 44a02371d3f..9dee5421a75 100644
--- a/orderer/consensus/etcdraft/chain.go
+++ b/orderer/consensus/etcdraft/chain.go
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ func NewChain(
 			logger: c.logger,
 		},
 	}
+	c.Node.confState.Store(cc)
 
 	return c, nil
 }