diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 6a72ca53..dc9f4c95 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -2170,7 +2170,8 @@ int processCommand(redisClient *c) {
 
     /* Don't accept write commands if there are not enough good slaves and
      * user configured the min-slaves-to-write option. */
-    if (server.repl_min_slaves_to_write &&
+    if (server.masterhost == NULL &&
+        server.repl_min_slaves_to_write &&
         server.repl_min_slaves_max_lag &&
         c->cmd->flags & REDIS_CMD_WRITE &&
         server.repl_good_slaves_count < server.repl_min_slaves_to_write)