diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index 9231812efb70d469e7ffe0d18040abfc55459896..350ea8d93c2bcc3130aece61ff7e972b2ce83b3b 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ int loadAppendOnlyFile(char *filename) {
     struct redis_stat sb;
     int old_aof_state = server.aof_state;
     long loops = 0;
+    off_t valid_up_to = 0; /* Offset of the latest well-formed command loaded. */
 
     if (fp && redis_fstat(fileno(fp),&sb) != -1 && sb.st_size == 0) {
         server.aof_current_size = 0;
@@ -647,6 +648,7 @@ int loadAppendOnlyFile(char *filename) {
         /* Clean up. Command code may have changed argv/argc so we use the
          * argv/argc of the client instead of the local variables. */
         freeFakeClientArgv(fakeClient);
+        if (server.aof_load_truncated) valid_up_to = ftello(fp);
     }
 
     /* This point can only be reached when EOF is reached without errors.
@@ -671,9 +673,20 @@ readerr: /* Read error. If feof(fp) is true, fall through to unexpected EOF. */
 uxeof: /* Unexpected AOF end of file. */
     if (server.aof_load_truncated) {
         redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"!!! Warning: short read while loading the AOF file !!!");
-        redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
-            "AOF loaded anyway because aof-load-truncated is enabled");
-        goto loaded_ok;
+        redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"!!! Truncating the AOF at offset %llu !!!",
+            (unsigned long long) valid_up_to);
+        if (valid_up_to == -1 || truncate(filename,valid_up_to) == -1) {
+            if (valid_up_to == -1) {
+                redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Last valid command offset is invalid");
+            } else {
+                redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Error truncating the AOF file: %s",
+                    strerror(errno));
+            }
+        } else {
+            redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,
+                "AOF loaded anyway because aof-load-truncated is enabled");
+            goto loaded_ok;
+        }
     }
     redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Unexpected end of file reading the append only file. You can: 1) Make a backup of your AOF file, then use ./redis-check-aof --fix <filename>. 2) Alternatively you can set the 'aof-load-truncated' configuration option to yes and restart the server.");
     exit(1);