diff --git a/consensus/helper/handler.go b/consensus/helper/handler.go
index 6d6e62a9167..3848b80a6f6 100644
--- a/consensus/helper/handler.go
+++ b/consensus/helper/handler.go
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ func NewConsensusHandler(coord peer.MessageHandlerCoordinator,
 		consensusQueueSize = DefaultConsensusQueueSize
 	}
 
-	pe, _ := handler.To()
-
 	handler.consenterChan = make(chan *util.Message, consensusQueueSize)
-	getEngineImpl().consensusFan.RegisterChannel(pe.ID, handler.consenterChan)
+	getEngineImpl().consensusFan.AddFaninChannel(handler.consenterChan)
 
 	return handler, nil
 }
diff --git a/consensus/util/messagefan.go b/consensus/util/messagefan.go
index 4d4a66edcd0..dad3b0e962a 100644
--- a/consensus/util/messagefan.go
+++ b/consensus/util/messagefan.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type Message struct {
 
 // MessageFan contains the reference to the peer's MessageHandlerCoordinator
 type MessageFan struct {
-	ins  map[*pb.PeerID]<-chan *Message
+	ins  []<-chan *Message
 	out  chan *Message
 	lock sync.Mutex
 }
@@ -46,35 +46,38 @@ type MessageFan struct {
 // NewMessageFan will return an initialized MessageFan
 func NewMessageFan() *MessageFan {
 	return &MessageFan{
-		ins: make(map[*pb.PeerID]<-chan *Message),
+		ins: []<-chan *Message{},
 		out: make(chan *Message),
 	}
 }
 
-// RegisterChannel is intended to be invoked by Handler to add a channel to be fan-ed in
-func (fan *MessageFan) RegisterChannel(sender *pb.PeerID, channel <-chan *Message) {
+// AddFaninChannel is intended to be invoked by Handler to add a channel to be fan-ed in
+func (fan *MessageFan) AddFaninChannel(channel <-chan *Message) {
 	fan.lock.Lock()
 	defer fan.lock.Unlock()
 
-	if _, ok := fan.ins[sender]; ok {
-		logger.Warningf("Received duplicate connection from %v, switching to new connection", sender)
-	} else {
-		logger.Infof("Registering connection from %v", sender)
+	for _, c := range fan.ins {
+		if c == channel {
+			logger.Warningf("Received duplicate connection")
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
-	fan.ins[sender] = channel
+	fan.ins = append(fan.ins, channel)
 
 	go func() {
 		for msg := range channel {
 			fan.out <- msg
 		}
 
-		logger.Infof("Connection from peer %v terminated", sender)
-
 		fan.lock.Lock()
 		defer fan.lock.Unlock()
 
-		delete(fan.ins, sender)
+		for i, c := range fan.ins {
+			if c == channel {
+				fan.ins = append(fan.ins[:i], fan.ins[i+1:]...)
+			}
+		}
 	}()
 }
 
diff --git a/consensus/util/messagefan_test.go b/consensus/util/messagefan_test.go
index b30d983cc75..ebf19e2f9ed 100644
--- a/consensus/util/messagefan_test.go
+++ b/consensus/util/messagefan_test.go
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package util
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-
-	pb "github.com/hyperledger/fabric/protos"
 )
 
 func TestFanIn(t *testing.T) {
@@ -32,8 +29,7 @@ func TestFanIn(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i := 0; i < Channels; i++ {
 		c := make(chan *Message, Messages/2)
-		pid := &pb.PeerID{Name: fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)}
-		fh.RegisterChannel(pid, c)
+		fh.AddFaninChannel(c)
 		go func() {
 			for j := 0; j < Messages; j++ {
 				c <- &Message{}
@@ -67,8 +63,7 @@ func TestFanIn(t *testing.T) {
 func TestFanChannelClose(t *testing.T) {
 	fh := NewMessageFan()
 	c := make(chan *Message)
-	pid := &pb.PeerID{Name: "1"}
-	fh.RegisterChannel(pid, c)
+	fh.AddFaninChannel(c)
 	close(c)
 
 	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {