diff --git a/src/networking.cpp b/src/networking.cpp
index 15aa6f43a..0774694ae 100644
--- a/src/networking.cpp
+++ b/src/networking.cpp
@@ -312,6 +312,16 @@ int prepareClientToWrite(client *c) {
  * Low level functions to add more data to output buffers.
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+void _clientAsyncReplyBufferReserve(client *c, size_t len) {
+    if (c->replyAsync != nullptr)
+        return;
+    size_t newsize = std::max(len, (size_t)PROTO_ASYNC_REPLY_CHUNK_BYTES);
+    clientReplyBlock *replyNew = (clientReplyBlock*)zmalloc(sizeof(clientReplyBlock) + newsize);
+    replyNew->size = zmalloc_usable(replyNew) - sizeof(clientReplyBlock);
+    replyNew->used = 0;
+    c->replyAsync = replyNew;
+}
+
 /* Attempts to add the reply to the static buffer in the client struct.
  * Returns C_ERR if the buffer is full, or the reply list is not empty,
  * in which case the reply must be added to the reply list. */
diff --git a/src/replication.cpp b/src/replication.cpp
index 9f13dcda6..2533bae52 100644
--- a/src/replication.cpp
+++ b/src/replication.cpp
@@ -4449,6 +4449,7 @@ void replicateSubkeyExpire(redisDb *db, robj_roptr key, robj_roptr subkey, long
     sdsfree(szFromObj(&objTtl));
 }
 
+void _clientAsyncReplyBufferReserve(client *c, size_t len);
 void flushReplBacklogToClients()
 {
     serverAssert(GlobalLocksAcquired());
@@ -4486,6 +4487,8 @@ void flushReplBacklogToClients()
                 addReplyProto(replica, g_pserver->repl_backlog + g_pserver->repl_batch_idxStart, cbCopy);
             } else {
                 auto cbPhase1 = g_pserver->repl_backlog_size - g_pserver->repl_batch_idxStart;
+                if (fAsyncWrite)
+                    _clientAsyncReplyBufferReserve(replica, cbPhase1 + g_pserver->repl_backlog_idx);
                 addReplyProto(replica, g_pserver->repl_backlog + g_pserver->repl_batch_idxStart, cbPhase1);
                 addReplyProto(replica, g_pserver->repl_backlog, g_pserver->repl_backlog_idx);
                 serverAssert((cbPhase1 + g_pserver->repl_backlog_idx) == (g_pserver->master_repl_offset - g_pserver->repl_batch_offStart));