diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 1a4ca2503..8e97a330a 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -2003,8 +2003,9 @@ void replicationCron(void) {
             if (slave->flags & REDIS_PRE_PSYNC) continue;
             if ((server.unixtime - slave->repl_ack_time) > server.repl_timeout)
             {
-                    redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Disconnecting timedout slave: %s",
-                        replicationGetSlaveName(slave));
+                redisLog(REDIS_WARNING, "Disconnecting timedout slave: %s",
+                    replicationGetSlaveName(slave));
+                freeClient(slave);
             }
         }
     }