diff --git a/pkg/member/member.go b/pkg/member/member.go
index 8d0eb978c50..af7c1dfe50e 100644
--- a/pkg/member/member.go
+++ b/pkg/member/member.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (m *EmbeddedEtcdMember) KeepLeader(ctx context.Context) {
 
 // PreCheckLeader does some pre-check before checking whether it's the leader.
 func (m *EmbeddedEtcdMember) PreCheckLeader() error {
-	if m.GetEtcdLeader() == 0 {
+	if m.GetEtcdLeaderID() == 0 {
 		return errs.ErrEtcdLeaderNotFound
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (m *EmbeddedEtcdMember) ResetLeader() {
 
 // CheckPriority checks whether the etcd leader should be moved according to the priority.
 func (m *EmbeddedEtcdMember) CheckPriority(ctx context.Context) {
-	etcdLeader := m.GetEtcdLeader()
+	etcdLeader := m.GetEtcdLeaderID()
 	if etcdLeader == m.ID() || etcdLeader == 0 {
 		return
 	}
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ func (m *EmbeddedEtcdMember) MoveEtcdLeader(ctx context.Context, old, new uint64
 	return nil
 }
 
-// GetEtcdLeader returns the etcd leader ID.
-func (m *EmbeddedEtcdMember) GetEtcdLeader() uint64 {
+// GetEtcdLeaderID returns the etcd leader ID.
+func (m *EmbeddedEtcdMember) GetEtcdLeaderID() uint64 {
 	return m.etcd.Server.Lead()
 }
 
diff --git a/server/api/member.go b/server/api/member.go
index df8c0aee622..0cae90726ab 100644
--- a/server/api/member.go
+++ b/server/api/member.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func getMembers(svr *server.Server) (*pdpb.GetMembersResponse, error) {
 		if e != nil {
 			log.Error("failed to load deploy path", zap.Uint64("member", m.GetMemberId()), errs.ZapError(e))
 		}
-		if svr.GetMember().GetEtcdLeader() == 0 {
+		if svr.GetMember().GetEtcdLeaderID() == 0 {
 			log.Warn("no etcd leader, skip get leader priority", zap.Uint64("member", m.GetMemberId()))
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/server/grpc_service.go b/server/grpc_service.go
index ef7020f7fee..36814200709 100644
--- a/server/grpc_service.go
+++ b/server/grpc_service.go
@@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ func (s *GrpcServer) GetMembers(context.Context, *pdpb.GetMembersRequest) (*pdpb
 	}
 
 	var etcdLeader, pdLeader *pdpb.Member
-	leaderID := s.member.GetEtcdLeader()
+	etcdLeaderID := s.member.GetEtcdLeaderID()
 	for _, m := range members {
-		if m.MemberId == leaderID {
+		if m.MemberId == etcdLeaderID {
 			etcdLeader = m
 			break
 		}
@@ -499,6 +499,15 @@ func (s *GrpcServer) GetMembers(context.Context, *pdpb.GetMembersRequest) (*pdpb
 			break
 		}
 	}
+	failpoint.Inject("noLeaderInMembers", func() {
+		pdLeader = nil
+	})
+	// If the leader is not in the member list, we should fallback to
+	// the `leader` set in the PD server to gain a better availability.
+	// See https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/7752 for more details.
+	if pdLeader == nil && leader.GetMemberId() == etcdLeaderID {
+		pdLeader = leader
+	}
 
 	return &pdpb.GetMembersResponse{
 		Header:              s.header(),
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index be886a56712..a65c474b80a 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ func (s *Server) leaderLoop() {
 		}
 
 		// To make sure the etcd leader and PD leader are on the same server.
-		etcdLeader := s.member.GetEtcdLeader()
+		etcdLeader := s.member.GetEtcdLeaderID()
 		if etcdLeader != s.member.ID() {
 			if s.member.GetLeader() == nil {
 				lastUpdated := s.member.GetLastLeaderUpdatedTime()
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ func (s *Server) campaignLeader() {
 				}
 			})
 
-			etcdLeader := s.member.GetEtcdLeader()
+			etcdLeader := s.member.GetEtcdLeaderID()
 			if etcdLeader != s.member.ID() {
 				log.Info("etcd leader changed, resigns pd leadership", zap.String("old-pd-leader-name", s.Name()))
 				return
diff --git a/tests/server/cluster/cluster_test.go b/tests/server/cluster/cluster_test.go
index 67c798d7f69..f582b76779d 100644
--- a/tests/server/cluster/cluster_test.go
+++ b/tests/server/cluster/cluster_test.go
@@ -543,11 +543,19 @@ func TestGetPDMembers(t *testing.T) {
 	grpcPDClient := testutil.MustNewGrpcClient(re, leaderServer.GetAddr())
 	clusterID := leaderServer.GetClusterID()
 	req := &pdpb.GetMembersRequest{Header: testutil.NewRequestHeader(clusterID)}
-	resp, err := grpcPDClient.GetMembers(context.Background(), req)
+	resp, err := grpcPDClient.GetMembers(ctx, req)
 	re.NoError(err)
 	re.Equal(pdpb.ErrorType_OK, resp.GetHeader().GetError().GetType())
-	// A more strict test can be found at api/member_test.go
 	re.NotEmpty(resp.GetMembers())
+	re.Equal(leaderServer.GetLeader(), resp.GetLeader())
+	// Test the member list does not include the PD leader.
+	re.NoError(failpoint.Enable("github.com/tikv/pd/server/noLeaderInMembers", `return(true)`))
+	resp, err = grpcPDClient.GetMembers(ctx, req)
+	re.NoError(err)
+	re.Equal(pdpb.ErrorType_OK, resp.GetHeader().GetError().GetType())
+	re.NotEmpty(resp.GetMembers())
+	re.Equal(leaderServer.GetLeader(), resp.GetLeader())
+	re.NoError(failpoint.Disable("github.com/tikv/pd/server/noLeaderInMembers"))
 }
 
 func TestNotLeader(t *testing.T) {