diff --git a/src/cluster.c b/src/cluster.c
index b103e2fe1..e3adaf83a 100644
--- a/src/cluster.c
+++ b/src/cluster.c
@@ -4191,11 +4191,17 @@ void clusterReplyMultiBulkSlots(client *c) {
     while((de = dictNext(di)) != NULL) {
         clusterNode *node = dictGetVal(de);
         int j = 0, start = -1;
+        int i, nested_elements = 0;
 
         /* Skip slaves (that are iterated when producing the output of their
          * master) and  masters not serving any slot. */
         if (!nodeIsMaster(node) || node->numslots == 0) continue;
 
+        for(i = 0; i < node->numslaves; i++) {
+            if (nodeFailed(node->slaves[i])) continue;
+            nested_elements++;
+        }
+
         for (j = 0; j < CLUSTER_SLOTS; j++) {
             int bit, i;
 
@@ -4203,8 +4209,7 @@ void clusterReplyMultiBulkSlots(client *c) {
                 if (start == -1) start = j;
             }
             if (start != -1 && (!bit || j == CLUSTER_SLOTS-1)) {
-                int nested_elements = 3; /* slots (2) + master addr (1). */
-                void *nested_replylen = addReplyDeferredLen(c);
+                addReplyArrayLen(c, nested_elements + 3); /* slots (2) + master addr (1). */
 
                 if (bit && j == CLUSTER_SLOTS-1) j++;
 
@@ -4234,9 +4239,7 @@ void clusterReplyMultiBulkSlots(client *c) {
                     addReplyBulkCString(c, node->slaves[i]->ip);
                     addReplyLongLong(c, node->slaves[i]->port);
                     addReplyBulkCBuffer(c, node->slaves[i]->name, CLUSTER_NAMELEN);
-                    nested_elements++;
                 }
-                setDeferredArrayLen(c, nested_replylen, nested_elements);
                 num_masters++;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/cluster/tests/15-cluster-slots.tcl b/tests/cluster/tests/15-cluster-slots.tcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc9938ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cluster/tests/15-cluster-slots.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+source "../tests/includes/init-tests.tcl"
+
+proc cluster_allocate_mixedSlots {n} {
+    set slot 16383
+    while {$slot >= 0} {
+        set node [expr {$slot % $n}]
+        lappend slots_$node $slot
+        incr slot -1
+    }
+    for {set j 0} {$j < $n} {incr j} {
+        R $j cluster addslots {*}[set slots_${j}]
+    }
+}
+
+proc create_cluster_with_mixedSlot {masters slaves} {
+    cluster_allocate_mixedSlots $masters
+    if {$slaves} {
+        cluster_allocate_slaves $masters $slaves
+    }
+    assert_cluster_state ok
+}
+
+test "Create a 5 nodes cluster" {
+    create_cluster_with_mixedSlot 5 15
+}
+
+test "Cluster is up" {
+    assert_cluster_state ok
+}
+
+test "Cluster is writable" {
+    cluster_write_test 0
+}
+
+test "Instance #5 is a slave" {
+    assert {[RI 5 role] eq {slave}}
+}
+
+test "client do not break when cluster slot" {
+    R 0 config set client-output-buffer-limit "normal 33554432 16777216 60"
+    if { [catch {R 0 cluster slots}] } {
+        fail "output overflow when cluster slots"
+    }
+}
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