diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/MembershipManager.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/MembershipManager.java
index 10bd9b0cfd72..d27d309f2da5 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/MembershipManager.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/MembershipManager.java
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ String memberListString() {
     }
 
     // handles both new and left members
+    @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:npathcomplexity")
     void updateMembers(MembersView membersView) {
         MemberMap currentMemberMap = memberMapRef.get();
 
@@ -294,11 +295,17 @@ void updateMembers(MembersView membersView) {
 
         MemberImpl[] members = new MemberImpl[membersView.size()];
         int memberIndex = 0;
+        // Indicates whether we received a notification on lite member membership change
+        // (e.g. its promotion to a data member)
+        boolean updatedLiteMember = false;
         for (MemberInfo memberInfo : membersView.getMembers()) {
             Address address = memberInfo.getAddress();
             MemberImpl member = currentMemberMap.getMember(address);
 
             if (member != null && member.getUuid().equals(memberInfo.getUuid())) {
+                if (member.isLiteMember()) {
+                    updatedLiteMember = true;
+                }
                 member = createNewMemberImplIfChanged(memberInfo, member);
                 members[memberIndex++] = member;
                 continue;
@@ -331,6 +338,10 @@ void updateMembers(MembersView membersView) {
 
         setMembers(MemberMap.createNew(membersView.getVersion(), members));
 
+        if (updatedLiteMember) {
+            node.partitionService.updateMemberGroupSize();
+        }
+
         for (MemberImpl member : removedMembers) {
             closeConnection(member.getAddress(), "Member left event received from master");
             handleMemberRemove(memberMapRef.get(), member);
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/partition/impl/InternalPartitionServiceImpl.java b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/partition/impl/InternalPartitionServiceImpl.java
index 279e69465772..1e0a91bbc112 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/partition/impl/InternalPartitionServiceImpl.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/main/java/com/hazelcast/internal/partition/impl/InternalPartitionServiceImpl.java
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ public int getMaxAllowedBackupCount() {
         return max(min(getMemberGroupsSize() - 1, InternalPartition.MAX_BACKUP_COUNT), 0);
     }
 
+    public void updateMemberGroupSize() {
+        partitionStateManager.updateMemberGroupsSize();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void memberAdded(Member member) {
         logger.fine("Adding " + member);
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/PromoteLiteMemberTest.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/PromoteLiteMemberTest.java
index e8e8b707f9a4..d5cae115f1d0 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/PromoteLiteMemberTest.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/internal/cluster/impl/PromoteLiteMemberTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.hazelcast.config.Config;
 import com.hazelcast.core.Cluster;
 import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance;
+import com.hazelcast.core.IMap;
 import com.hazelcast.core.Member;
 import com.hazelcast.core.MemberLeftException;
 import com.hazelcast.internal.cluster.impl.operations.PromoteLiteMemberOp;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 @RunWith(HazelcastParallelClassRunner.class)
@@ -374,6 +376,110 @@ private void memberAttributes_arePreserved_afterPromotion(boolean isMaster) thro
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void test_lite_member_promotion_causes_no_data_loss_on_three_members() throws InterruptedException {
+        final int entryCount = 1000;
+
+        TestHazelcastInstanceFactory factory = createHazelcastInstanceFactory();
+        Config config = new Config().setLiteMember(true);
+
+        // start first hazelcast instance as a lite member
+        final HazelcastInstance firstHazelcastInstance = factory.newHazelcastInstance(config);
+
+        // start second and third hazelcast instances as a lite member
+        final HazelcastInstance secondHazelcastInstance = factory.newHazelcastInstance(config);
+        final HazelcastInstance thirdHazelcastInstance = factory.newHazelcastInstance(config);
+
+        // promote all instances to data members
+        firstHazelcastInstance.getCluster().promoteLocalLiteMember();
+        secondHazelcastInstance.getCluster().promoteLocalLiteMember();
+        thirdHazelcastInstance.getCluster().promoteLocalLiteMember();
+
+        // check if cluster is in a good shape
+        assertTrueEventually(new AssertTask() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() throws Exception {
+                assertTrue(firstHazelcastInstance.getPartitionService().isClusterSafe());
+            }
+        });
+
+        // insert some dummy data into the testing map
+        final String mapName = randomMapName();
+        IMap<String, String> testMap = firstHazelcastInstance.getMap(mapName);
+        for (int i = 0; i < entryCount; ++i) {
+            testMap.put("key" + i, "value" + i);
+        }
+
+        // check all data is correctly inserted
+        assertEquals(entryCount, testMap.size());
+
+        // kill second instance
+        secondHazelcastInstance.getLifecycleService().terminate();
+
+        // backup count for the map is set to 1
+        // even with 1 node down, no data loss is expected
+        assertTrueEventually(new AssertTask() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() throws Exception {
+                assertEquals(entryCount, firstHazelcastInstance.getMap(mapName).size());
+            }
+        });
+        assertTrueEventually(new AssertTask() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() throws Exception {
+                assertEquals(entryCount, thirdHazelcastInstance.getMap(mapName).size());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_lite_member_promotion_causes_no_data_loss_on_two_members() throws InterruptedException {
+        final int entryCount = 1000;
+
+        TestHazelcastInstanceFactory factory = createHazelcastInstanceFactory();
+        Config config = new Config().setLiteMember(true);
+
+        // start first hazelcast instance as a lite member
+        final HazelcastInstance firstHazelcastInstance = factory.newHazelcastInstance(config);
+        // start second hazelcast instance as a lite member
+        final HazelcastInstance secondHazelcastInstance = factory.newHazelcastInstance(config);
+
+        // promote all instances to data members
+        firstHazelcastInstance.getCluster().promoteLocalLiteMember();
+
+        secondHazelcastInstance.getCluster().promoteLocalLiteMember();
+
+        // check if cluster is in a good shape
+        assertTrueEventually(new AssertTask() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() throws Exception {
+                firstHazelcastInstance.getPartitionService().isClusterSafe();
+            }
+        });
+
+        // insert some dummy data into the testing map
+        final String mapName = randomMapName();
+        IMap<String, String> testMap = firstHazelcastInstance.getMap(mapName);
+        for (int i = 0; i < entryCount; ++i) {
+            testMap.put("key" + i, "value" + i);
+        }
+
+        // check all data is correctly inserted
+        assertEquals(entryCount, testMap.size());
+
+        // kill second instance
+        secondHazelcastInstance.getLifecycleService().terminate();
+
+        // backup count for the map is set to 1
+        // even with 1 node down, no data loss is expected
+        assertTrueEventually(new AssertTask() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() throws Exception {
+                assertEquals(entryCount, firstHazelcastInstance.getMap(mapName).size());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     private void assertPromotionInvocationStarted(HazelcastInstance instance) {
         final OperationServiceImpl operationService =
                 (OperationServiceImpl) getNode(instance).getNodeEngine().getOperationService();