diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index e6bb7fea6..03d856077 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class HomestoreConan(ConanFile):
     name = "homestore"
-    version = "6.6.3"
+    version = "6.6.4"
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/Homestore"
     description = "HomeStore Storage Engine"
diff --git a/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_repl_dev.cpp b/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_repl_dev.cpp
index c408f82d1..d340dc7df 100644
--- a/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_repl_dev.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_repl_dev.cpp
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ repl_req_ptr_t RaftReplDev::applier_create_req(repl_key const& rkey, journal_typ
     }
 
     // rreq->init will allocate the block if it has linked data.
-    auto status = rreq->init(rkey, code, false /* is_proposer */, user_header, key, data_size, m_listener);
+    auto status = rreq->init(rkey, code, m_raft_server_id == rkey.server_id, user_header, key, data_size, m_listener);
     if (!rreq->has_linked_data()) { return rreq; }
 #ifdef _PRERELEASE
     if (is_data_channel) {
diff --git a/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_state_machine.cpp b/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_state_machine.cpp
index 10fb9285f..2d036170e 100644
--- a/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_state_machine.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/replication/repl_dev/raft_state_machine.cpp
@@ -154,15 +154,9 @@ repl_req_ptr_t RaftStateMachine::localize_journal_entry_finish(nuraft::log_entry
 
     auto rreq = m_rd.repl_key_to_req(rkey);
     if ((rreq == nullptr) || (rreq->is_localize_pending())) {
-        rreq = localize_journal_entry_prepare(lentry);
-        if (rreq == nullptr) {
-            RELEASE_ASSERT(rreq != nullptr,
-                           "We get an linked data for rkey=[{}], jentry=[{}] not as part of Raft Append but "
-                           "indirectly through possibly unpack() and in those cases, if we are not able to alloc "
-                           "location to write the data, there is no recourse. So we must crash this system ",
-                           rkey.to_string(), jentry->to_string());
-            return nullptr;
-        }
+        // This path is for log pack apply only.
+        // Now we fully disabled log pack/unpack with the new_learner opt, should not reaching here.
+        RELEASE_ASSERT(false, "rreq should have already localized for rkey=[{}]", rkey.to_string());
     }
 
     if (rreq->is_proposer()) {