diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index 45a1228e6..5456d3cb9 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -7073,7 +7073,9 @@ static void getRDB(clusterManagerNode *node) {
     } else {
         fprintf(stderr,"Transfer finished with success.\n");
     }
-    redisFree(s); /* Close the file descriptor ASAP as fsync() may take time. */
+    redisFree(s); /* Close the connection ASAP as fsync() may take time. */
+    if (node)
+        node->context = NULL;
     fsync(fd);
     close(fd);
     fprintf(stderr,"Transfer finished with success.\n");