diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 98a4f24e..e255e64d 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,10 @@ int handleClientsWithPendingWrites(void) {
         c->flags &= ~CLIENT_PENDING_WRITE;
         listDelNode(server.clients_pending_write,ln);
 
+        /* If a client is protected, don't do anything,
+         * that may trigger write error or recreate handler. */
+        if (c->flags & CLIENT_PROTECTED) continue;
+
         /* Try to write buffers to the client socket. */
         if (writeToClient(c->fd,c,0) == C_ERR) continue;