diff --git a/src/redis-trib.rb b/src/redis-trib.rb
index 75583b5480d68479ecfe4a50070ee1de8537ad53..67b9a303b113d9d555f5c527cc8482cf9f4a31a0 100755
--- a/src/redis-trib.rb
+++ b/src/redis-trib.rb
@@ -409,7 +409,9 @@ class RedisTrib
         node.load_info(:getfriends => true)
         add_node(node)
         node.friends.each{|f|
-            next if f[:flags].index("noaddr") or f[:flags].index("disconnected")
+            next if f[:flags].index("noaddr") ||
+                    f[:flags].index("disconnected") ||
+                    f[:flags].index("fail")
             fnode = ClusterNode.new(f[:addr])
             fnode.connect()
             fnode.load_info()