diff --git a/async-raft/tests/snapshot_uses_prev_snap_membership.rs b/async-raft/tests/snapshot_uses_prev_snap_membership.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b7167929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/async-raft/tests/snapshot_uses_prev_snap_membership.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+mod fixtures;
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use async_raft::raft::MembershipConfig;
+use async_raft::Config;
+use async_raft::LogId;
+use async_raft::RaftStorage;
+use async_raft::SnapshotPolicy;
+use async_raft::State;
+use fixtures::RaftRouter;
+use maplit::hashset;
+
+/// Test a second compaction should not lose membership.
+///
+/// What does this test do?
+///
+/// - build a cluster of 2 nodes.
+/// - send enough requests to trigger a snapshot.
+/// - send just enough request to trigger another snapshot.
+/// - ensure membership is still valid.
+///
+/// export RUST_LOG=async_raft,memstore,snapshot_uses_prev_snap_membership=trace
+/// cargo test -p async-raft --test snapshot_uses_prev_snap_membership
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 4)]
+async fn snapshot_uses_prev_snap_membership() -> Result<()> {
+    fixtures::init_tracing();
+
+    let snapshot_threshold: u64 = 10;
+
+    let config = Arc::new(
+        Config::build("test".into())
+            .snapshot_policy(SnapshotPolicy::LogsSinceLast(snapshot_threshold))
+            .validate()
+            .expect("failed to build Raft config"),
+    );
+    let router = Arc::new(RaftRouter::new(config.clone()));
+
+    let mut want = 0;
+
+    tracing::info!("--- initializing cluster of 2");
+    {
+        router.new_raft_node(0).await;
+
+        router.wait_for_log(&hashset![0], want, None, "empty").await?;
+        router.wait_for_state(&hashset![0], State::NonVoter, None, "empty").await?;
+        router.initialize_from_single_node(0).await?;
+        want += 1;
+
+        router.wait_for_log(&hashset![0], want, None, "init").await?;
+        router.wait_for_state(&hashset![0], State::Leader, None, "empty").await?;
+
+        router.new_raft_node(1).await;
+        router.add_non_voter(0, 1).await?;
+
+        router.change_membership(0, hashset![0, 1]).await?;
+        want += 2;
+
+        router.wait_for_log(&hashset![0, 1], want, None, "cluster of 2").await?;
+    }
+
+    let sto = router.get_storage_handle(&0).await?;
+
+    tracing::info!("--- send just enough logs to trigger snapshot");
+    {
+        router.client_request_many(0, "0", (snapshot_threshold - want) as usize).await;
+        want = snapshot_threshold;
+
+        router.wait_for_log(&hashset![0, 1], want, None, "send log to trigger snapshot").await?;
+        router.wait_for_snapshot(&hashset![0], LogId { term: 1, index: want }, None, "snapshot").await?;
+
+        let m = sto.get_membership_config().await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            MembershipConfig {
+                members: hashset![0, 1],
+                members_after_consensus: None
+            },
+            m,
+            "membership "
+        );
+
+        // TODO(xp): this assertion fails because when change-membership, a append-entries request does not update
+        //           voted_for and does not call save_hard_state.
+        //           Thus the storage layer does not know about the leader==Some(0).
+        //           Update voted_for whenever a new leader is seen would solve this issue.
+        // router
+        //     .assert_storage_state(
+        //         1,
+        //         want,
+        //         Some(0),
+        //         want,
+        //         Some((want.into(), 1, MembershipConfig {
+        //             members: hashset![0, 1],
+        //             members_after_consensus: None,
+        //         })),
+        //     )
+        //     .await;
+    }
+
+    tracing::info!("--- send just enough logs to trigger the 2nd snapshot");
+    {
+        router.client_request_many(0, "0", (snapshot_threshold * 2 - want) as usize).await;
+        want = snapshot_threshold * 2;
+
+        router.wait_for_log(&hashset![0, 1], want, None, "send log to trigger snapshot").await?;
+        router.wait_for_snapshot(&hashset![0], LogId { term: 1, index: want }, None, "snapshot").await?;
+    }
+
+    tracing::info!("--- check membership");
+    {
+        let m = sto.get_membership_config().await?;
+        assert_eq!(
+            MembershipConfig {
+                members: hashset![0, 1],
+                members_after_consensus: None
+            },
+            m,
+            "membership "
+        );
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/memstore/src/lib.rs b/memstore/src/lib.rs
index 964131687..0e57f4b13 100644
--- a/memstore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/memstore/src/lib.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ impl RaftStorage<ClientRequest, ClientResponse> for MemStore {
         }
     }
 
-    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self, hs))]
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self))]
     async fn save_hard_state(&self, hs: &HardState) -> Result<()> {
         *self.hs.write().await = Some(hs.clone());
         Ok(())
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ impl RaftStorage<ClientRequest, ClientResponse> for MemStore {
                 .skip_while(|entry| entry.log_id.index > last_applied_log)
                 .find_map(|entry| match &entry.payload {
                     EntryPayload::ConfigChange(cfg) => Some(cfg.membership.clone()),
+                    EntryPayload::SnapshotPointer(cfg) => Some(cfg.membership.clone()),
                     _ => None,
                 })
                 .unwrap_or_else(|| MembershipConfig::new_initial(self.id));