diff --git a/clientv3/cluster.go b/clientv3/cluster.go
index bbecaaca7..8beba58a6 100644
--- a/clientv3/cluster.go
+++ b/clientv3/cluster.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	pb "github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -75,27 +74,19 @@ func (c *cluster) MemberRemove(ctx context.Context, id uint64) (*MemberRemoveRes
 
 func (c *cluster) MemberUpdate(ctx context.Context, id uint64, peerAddrs []string) (*MemberUpdateResponse, error) {
 	// it is safe to retry on update.
-	for {
-		r := &pb.MemberUpdateRequest{ID: id, PeerURLs: peerAddrs}
-		resp, err := c.remote.MemberUpdate(ctx, r, grpc.FailFast(false))
-		if err == nil {
-			return (*MemberUpdateResponse)(resp), nil
-		}
-		if isHaltErr(ctx, err) {
-			return nil, toErr(ctx, err)
-		}
+	r := &pb.MemberUpdateRequest{ID: id, PeerURLs: peerAddrs}
+	resp, err := c.remote.MemberUpdate(ctx, r)
+	if err == nil {
+		return (*MemberUpdateResponse)(resp), nil
 	}
+	return nil, toErr(ctx, err)
 }
 
 func (c *cluster) MemberList(ctx context.Context) (*MemberListResponse, error) {
 	// it is safe to retry on list.
-	for {
-		resp, err := c.remote.MemberList(ctx, &pb.MemberListRequest{}, grpc.FailFast(false))
-		if err == nil {
-			return (*MemberListResponse)(resp), nil
-		}
-		if isHaltErr(ctx, err) {
-			return nil, toErr(ctx, err)
-		}
+	resp, err := c.remote.MemberList(ctx, &pb.MemberListRequest{})
+	if err == nil {
+		return (*MemberListResponse)(resp), nil
 	}
+	return nil, toErr(ctx, err)
 }
diff --git a/clientv3/retry.go b/clientv3/retry.go
index cad218277..3c00ec8cc 100644
--- a/clientv3/retry.go
+++ b/clientv3/retry.go
@@ -220,34 +220,50 @@ func (rlc *retryLeaseClient) LeaseKeepAlive(ctx context.Context, opts ...grpc.Ca
 }
 
 type retryClusterClient struct {
-	pb.ClusterClient
-	writeRetry retryRPCFunc
+	*nonRepeatableClusterClient
+	repeatableRetry retryRPCFunc
 }
 
-// RetryClusterClient implements a ClusterClient that uses the client's FailFast retry policy.
+// RetryClusterClient implements a ClusterClient.
 func RetryClusterClient(c *Client) pb.ClusterClient {
-	return &retryClusterClient{pb.NewClusterClient(c.conn), c.newRetryWrapper(isNonRepeatableStopError)}
+	repeatableRetry := c.newRetryWrapper(isRepeatableStopError)
+	nonRepeatableRetry := c.newRetryWrapper(isNonRepeatableStopError)
+	cc := pb.NewClusterClient(c.conn)
+	return &retryClusterClient{&nonRepeatableClusterClient{cc, nonRepeatableRetry}, repeatableRetry}
 }
 
-func (rcc *retryClusterClient) MemberAdd(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MemberAddRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (resp *pb.MemberAddResponse, err error) {
-	err = rcc.writeRetry(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) error {
-		resp, err = rcc.ClusterClient.MemberAdd(rctx, in, opts...)
+func (rcc *retryClusterClient) MemberList(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MemberListRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (resp *pb.MemberListResponse, err error) {
+	err = rcc.repeatableRetry(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) error {
+		resp, err = rcc.cc.MemberList(rctx, in, opts...)
 		return err
 	})
 	return resp, err
 }
 
-func (rcc *retryClusterClient) MemberRemove(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MemberRemoveRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (resp *pb.MemberRemoveResponse, err error) {
-	err = rcc.writeRetry(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) error {
-		resp, err = rcc.ClusterClient.MemberRemove(rctx, in, opts...)
+type nonRepeatableClusterClient struct {
+	cc                 pb.ClusterClient
+	nonRepeatableRetry retryRPCFunc
+}
+
+func (rcc *nonRepeatableClusterClient) MemberAdd(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MemberAddRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (resp *pb.MemberAddResponse, err error) {
+	err = rcc.nonRepeatableRetry(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) error {
+		resp, err = rcc.cc.MemberAdd(rctx, in, opts...)
 		return err
 	})
 	return resp, err
 }
 
-func (rcc *retryClusterClient) MemberUpdate(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MemberUpdateRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (resp *pb.MemberUpdateResponse, err error) {
-	err = rcc.writeRetry(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) error {
-		resp, err = rcc.ClusterClient.MemberUpdate(rctx, in, opts...)
+func (rcc *nonRepeatableClusterClient) MemberRemove(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MemberRemoveRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (resp *pb.MemberRemoveResponse, err error) {
+	err = rcc.nonRepeatableRetry(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) error {
+		resp, err = rcc.cc.MemberRemove(rctx, in, opts...)
+		return err
+	})
+	return resp, err
+}
+
+func (rcc *nonRepeatableClusterClient) MemberUpdate(ctx context.Context, in *pb.MemberUpdateRequest, opts ...grpc.CallOption) (resp *pb.MemberUpdateResponse, err error) {
+	err = rcc.nonRepeatableRetry(ctx, func(rctx context.Context) error {
+		resp, err = rcc.cc.MemberUpdate(rctx, in, opts...)
 		return err
 	})
 	return resp, err