diff --git a/src/cluster.c b/src/cluster.c
index 862c3c572..3a419f9d4 100644
--- a/src/cluster.c
+++ b/src/cluster.c
@@ -1977,7 +1977,13 @@ void clusterUpdateSlotsConfigWith(clusterNode *sender, uint64_t senderConfigEpoc
         clusterDoBeforeSleep(CLUSTER_TODO_SAVE_CONFIG|
                              CLUSTER_TODO_UPDATE_STATE|
                              CLUSTER_TODO_FSYNC_CONFIG);
-    } else if (myself->slaveof && myself->slaveof->slaveof) {
+    } else if (myself->slaveof && myself->slaveof->slaveof &&
+               /* In some rare case when CLUSTER FAILOVER TAKEOVER is used, it
+                * can happen that myself is a replica of a replica of myself. If
+                * this happens, we do nothing to avoid a crash and wait for the
+                * admin to repair the cluster. */
+               myself->slaveof->slaveof != myself)
+    {
         /* Safeguard against sub-replicas. A replica's master can turn itself
          * into a replica if its last slot is removed. If no other node takes
          * over the slot, there is nothing else to trigger replica migration. */