diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index ac6b97915e26b5f61ef85b10afee377ab9f4c31d..b43f99f5e8e5f47cd7ec0e9454c8233606ff6a60 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ int loadAppendOnlyFile(char *filename) {
 
         /* The fake client should not have a reply */
         redisAssert(fakeClient->bufpos == 0 && listLength(fakeClient->reply) == 0);
+        /* The fake client should never get blocked */
+        redisAssert((fakeClient->flags & REDIS_BLOCKED) == 0);
 
         /* Clean up. Command code may have changed argv/argc so we use the
          * argv/argc of the client instead of the local variables. */