diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index e30c77f2921a..06c9a47d5e1f 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ 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. */