diff --git a/src/dict.c b/src/dict.c
index 8f25c14b..716d03fb 100644
--- a/src/dict.c
+++ b/src/dict.c
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ unsigned int dictGetSomeKeys(dict *d, dictEntry **des, unsigned int count) {
                     emptylen = 0;
                 }
             } else {
+                emptylen = 0;
                 while (he) {
                     /* Collect all the elements of the buckets found non
                      * empty while iterating. */