diff --git a/pkg/raft/raft.go b/pkg/raft/raft.go
index ee69e17848fd..61168a9ce8a5 100644
--- a/pkg/raft/raft.go
+++ b/pkg/raft/raft.go
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ func (r *raft) handleAppendEntries(m pb.Message) {
 
 func (r *raft) handleHeartbeat(m pb.Message) {
 	r.raftLog.commitTo(m.Commit)
-	r.send(pb.Message{To: m.From, Type: pb.MsgHeartbeatResp, Context: m.Context})
+	r.send(pb.Message{To: m.From, Type: pb.MsgHeartbeatResp})
 }
 
 func (r *raft) handleSnapshot(m pb.Message) {