diff --git a/consul/state/schema.go b/consul/state/schema.go
index a85a5afcb5..e47939a562 100644
--- a/consul/state/schema.go
+++ b/consul/state/schema.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func sessionsTableSchema() *memdb.TableSchema {
 			},
 			"node": &memdb.IndexSchema{
 				Name:         "node",
-				AllowMissing: true,
+				AllowMissing: false,
 				Unique:       false,
 				Indexer: &memdb.StringFieldIndex{
 					Field:     "Node",