diff --git a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl
index 896999af7..836e9df07 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_durable_storage/src/emqx_ds_replication_layer.erl
@@ -609,13 +609,7 @@ ra_add_generation(DB, Shard) ->
         ?tag => add_generation,
         ?since => emqx_ds:timestamp_us()
     },
-    Servers = emqx_ds_replication_layer_shard:servers(DB, Shard, leader_preferred),
-    case ra:process_command(Servers, Command, ?RA_TIMEOUT) of
-        {ok, Result, _Leader} ->
-            Result;
-        Error ->
-            error(Error, [DB, Shard])
-    end.
+    ra_command(DB, Shard, Command, 10).
 
 ra_update_config(DB, Shard, Opts) ->
     Command = #{
@@ -623,20 +617,20 @@ ra_update_config(DB, Shard, Opts) ->
         ?config => Opts,
         ?since => emqx_ds:timestamp_us()
     },
-    Servers = emqx_ds_replication_layer_shard:servers(DB, Shard, leader_preferred),
-    case ra:process_command(Servers, Command, ?RA_TIMEOUT) of
-        {ok, Result, _Leader} ->
-            Result;
-        Error ->
-            error(Error, [DB, Shard])
-    end.
+    ra_command(DB, Shard, Command, 10).
 
 ra_drop_generation(DB, Shard, GenId) ->
     Command = #{?tag => drop_generation, ?generation => GenId},
+    ra_command(DB, Shard, Command, 10).
+
+ra_command(DB, Shard, Command, Retries) ->
     Servers = emqx_ds_replication_layer_shard:servers(DB, Shard, leader_preferred),
     case ra:process_command(Servers, Command, ?RA_TIMEOUT) of
         {ok, Result, _Leader} ->
             Result;
+        _Error when Retries > 0 ->
+            timer:sleep(?RA_TIMEOUT),
+            ra_command(DB, Shard, Command, Retries - 1);
         Error ->
             error(Error, [DB, Shard])
     end.