diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index e2d53fa767c4f04d712616ec9692faaab67426df..c98cd3f7b3e16e06472a013d83592556faa6325f 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -1349,6 +1349,7 @@ void backgroundSaveDoneHandlerSocket(int exitcode, int bysignal) {
                 slave->id);
                 /* Restore the socket as non-blocking. */
                 anetNonBlock(NULL,slave->fd);
+                anetSendTimeout(NULL,slave->fd,0);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1414,6 +1415,7 @@ int rdbSaveToSlavesSockets(void) {
              * We'll restore it when the children returns (since duped socket
              * will share the O_NONBLOCK attribute with the parent). */
             anetBlock(NULL,slave->fd);
+            anetSendTimeout(NULL,slave->fd,server.repl_timeout*1000);
         }
     }