diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 70cc50b64b76..4a956d698098 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -1323,6 +1323,12 @@ void rewriteConfigSaveOption(struct rewriteConfigState *state) {
     int j;
     sds line;
 
+    /* In Sentinel mode we don't need to rewrite the save parameters */
+    if (server.sentinel_mode) {
+        rewriteConfigMarkAsProcessed(state,"save");
+        return;
+    }
+
     /* Note that if there are no save parameters at all, all the current
      * config line with "save" will be detected as orphaned and deleted,
      * resulting into no RDB persistence as expected. */