diff --git a/src/cluster.c b/src/cluster.c
index ee30cf6be..76278c866 100644
--- a/src/cluster.c
+++ b/src/cluster.c
@@ -3630,7 +3630,6 @@ void clusterCron(void) {
             now - node->link->ctime >
             server.cluster_node_timeout && /* was not already reconnected */
             node->ping_sent && /* we already sent a ping */
-            node->pong_received < node->ping_sent && /* still waiting pong */
             /* and we are waiting for the pong more than timeout/2 */
             ping_delay > server.cluster_node_timeout/2 &&
             /* and in such interval we are not seeing any traffic at all. */