diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index c3938636b43fe11461e30c8a1a9e027dad94a807..0bc61bb25a0c4ade3f4eeb23186dd97a023f8e02 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -958,8 +958,8 @@ unsigned long long sendSync(int fd) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Error reading bulk length while SYNCing\n");
             exit(1);
         }
-        if (*p == '\n') break;
-        p++;
+        if (*p == '\n' && p != buf) break;
+        if (*p != '\n') p++;
     }
     *p = '\0';
     if (buf[0] == '-') {