diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index c5a9a4250b45..c652ecec7003 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ OUTER:
 		//
 		// For full context, please see https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/18267
 		if resp.Index <= req.MinQueryIndex {
-			c.logger.Debug("Received stale allocation information. Retrying.",
+			c.logger.Debug("received stale allocation information; retrying",
 				"index", resp.Index, "min_index", req.MinQueryIndex)
 			continue OUTER
 		}
@@ -2399,6 +2399,24 @@ OUTER:
 				}
 			}
 
+			// It is possible that Alloc.GetAllocs hits a different server than
+			// Node.GetClientAllocs which returns older results.
+			if allocsResp.Index <= allocsReq.MinQueryIndex {
+				retry := c.retryIntv(getAllocRetryIntv)
+				c.logger.Warn("failed to retrieve updated allocs; retrying",
+					"req_index", allocsReq.MinQueryIndex,
+					"resp_index", allocsResp.Index,
+					"num_allocs", len(pull),
+					"wait", retry,
+				)
+				select {
+				case <-time.After(retry):
+					continue
+				case <-c.shutdownCh:
+					return
+				}
+			}
+
 			// Ensure that we received all the allocations we wanted
 			pulledAllocs = make(map[string]*structs.Allocation, len(allocsResp.Allocs))
 			for _, alloc := range allocsResp.Allocs {
diff --git a/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go b/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
index 8aab0c4909be..75071047b368 100644
--- a/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/alloc_endpoint.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (a *Alloc) GetAllocs(args *structs.AllocsGetRequest,
 				reply.Allocs = allocs
 				reply.Index = maxIndex
 			} else {
-				// Use the last index that affected the nodes table
+				// Use the last index that affected the allocs table
 				index, err := state.Index("allocs")
 				if err != nil {
 					return err