diff --git a/server/storage/wal/version.go b/server/storage/wal/version.go
index 985926503037..3a173e7f8b1e 100644
--- a/server/storage/wal/version.go
+++ b/server/storage/wal/version.go
@@ -113,11 +113,12 @@ func visitEntryData(entryType raftpb.EntryType, data []byte, visitor Visitor) er
 		}
 		msg = proto.MessageReflect(&raftReq)
 		if raftReq.ClusterVersionSet != nil {
-			ver, err := semver.NewVersion(raftReq.ClusterVersionSet.Ver)
+			_, err := semver.NewVersion(raftReq.ClusterVersionSet.Ver)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = visitor(msg.Descriptor().FullName(), ver)
+			// ClusterVersionSet was introduced in 3.5.
+			err = visitor(msg.Descriptor().FullName(), &version.V3_5)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}