diff --git a/tests/integration/aof.tcl b/tests/integration/aof.tcl
index e335093dc30eeb8df72937c0650b228fd06ac43c..f41a8603d49efab2a595a93e4010e5cb7b41ca7d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/aof.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/aof.tcl
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ tags {"aof"} {
             assert_equal 1 [is_alive $srv]
         }
 
-        set client [redis [dict get $srv host] [dict get $srv port]]
-
         test "Truncated AOF loaded: we expect foo to be equal to 6 now" {
+            assert_equal 1 [is_alive $srv]
+
+            set client [redis [dict get $srv host] [dict get $srv port]]
             assert {[$client get foo] eq "6"}
         }
     }