diff --git a/src/cluster_legacy.c b/src/cluster_legacy.c
index 5e976d3060..a0c4c0f4e4 100644
--- a/src/cluster_legacy.c
+++ b/src/cluster_legacy.c
@@ -1134,6 +1134,7 @@ void clusterInit(void) {
     server.cluster->failover_auth_epoch = 0;
     server.cluster->cant_failover_reason = CLUSTER_CANT_FAILOVER_NONE;
     server.cluster->lastVoteEpoch = 0;
+    server.cluster->failover_auth_sent = 0;
 
     /* Initialize stats */
     for (int i = 0; i < CLUSTERMSG_TYPE_COUNT; i++) {