diff --git a/src/cluster_legacy.c b/src/cluster_legacy.c
index 5e976d3060..22e69e0a6a 100644
--- a/src/cluster_legacy.c
+++ b/src/cluster_legacy.c
@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@ void clusterInit(void) {
     server.cluster->failover_auth_time = 0;
     server.cluster->failover_auth_count = 0;
     server.cluster->failover_auth_rank = 0;
+    server.cluster->failover_auth_sent = 0;
     server.cluster->failover_failed_primary_rank = 0;
     server.cluster->failover_auth_epoch = 0;
     server.cluster->cant_failover_reason = CLUSTER_CANT_FAILOVER_NONE;