diff --git a/lxd/cluster/recover.go b/lxd/cluster/recover.go
index 92514e6c273c..947c29258b96 100644
--- a/lxd/cluster/recover.go
+++ b/lxd/cluster/recover.go
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ func MaybeUnpackRecoveryTarball(database *db.Node) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = writeGlobalNodesPatch(database, incomingRaftNodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create global db patch for cluster recover: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	// Now that we're as sure as we can be that the recovery DB is valid, we can
 	// replace the existing DB
 	err = os.RemoveAll(globalDBDir)