diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index 6d4139af6c52dccdb5aab147c0774c3d0fbbfaed..f3e7e8debd49154c3ef8642f716f4b0c5932a1ad 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ void backgroundSaveDoneHandler(int exitcode, int bysignal) {
     server.rdb_save_time_start = -1;
     /* Possibly there are slaves waiting for a BGSAVE in order to be served
      * (the first stage of SYNC is a bulk transfer of dump.rdb) */
-    updateSlavesWaitingBgsave(exitcode == 0 ? REDIS_OK : REDIS_ERR);
+    updateSlavesWaitingBgsave((!bysignal && exitcode == 0) ? REDIS_OK : REDIS_ERR);
 }
 
 void saveCommand(redisClient *c) {