diff --git a/src/aof.c b/src/aof.c
index 1ed2363a..58dd5538 100644
--- a/src/aof.c
+++ b/src/aof.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ struct redisClient *createFakeClient(void) {
     c->querybuf = sdsempty();
     c->argc = 0;
     c->argv = NULL;
+    c->bufpos = 0;
     c->flags = 0;
     /* We set the fake client as a slave waiting for the synchronization
      * so that Redis will not try to send replies to this client. */