diff --git a/src/rdb.cpp b/src/rdb.cpp
index 2cac89178..d446109fa 100644
--- a/src/rdb.cpp
+++ b/src/rdb.cpp
@@ -2547,7 +2547,7 @@ rdbSaveInfo *rdbPopulateSaveInfo(rdbSaveInfo *rsi) {
      * connects to us, the NULL repl_backlog will trigger a full
      * synchronization, at the same time we will use a new replid and clear
      * replid2. */
-    if (!listLength(g_pserver->masters) && g_pserver->repl_backlog) {
+    if (g_pserver->fActiveReplica || (!listLength(g_pserver->masters) && g_pserver->repl_backlog)) {
         /* Note that when g_pserver->slaveseldb is -1, it means that this master
          * didn't apply any write commands after a full synchronization.
          * So we can let repl_stream_db be 0, this allows a restarted slave