diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index c08f43e6a..09cbff387 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -911,6 +911,16 @@ void unlinkClient(client *c) {
             c->client_list_node = NULL;
         }
 
+        /* In the case of diskless replication the fork is writing to the
+         * sockets and just closing the fd isn't enough, if we don't also
+         * shutdown the socket the fork will continue to write to the slave
+         * and the salve will only find out that it was disconnected when
+         * it will finish reading the rdb. */
+        if ((c->flags & CLIENT_SLAVE) &&
+            (c->replstate == SLAVE_STATE_WAIT_BGSAVE_END)) {
+            shutdown(c->fd, SHUT_RDWR);
+        }
+
         /* Unregister async I/O handlers and close the socket. */
         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,c->fd,AE_READABLE);
         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,c->fd,AE_WRITABLE);