diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 181557f70..a602dac15 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createBoolConfig("disable-thp", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->disable_thp, 1, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("cluster-allow-replica-migration", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->cluster_allow_replica_migration, 1, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("replica-announced", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->replica_announced, 1, NULL, NULL),
-    createBoolConfig("enable-async-commands", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->enable_async_commands, 1, NULL, NULL),
+    createBoolConfig("enable-async-commands", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->enable_async_commands, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("multithread-load-enabled", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->multithread_load_enabled, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("active-client-balancing", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->active_client_balancing, 1, NULL, NULL),