c->argc = 0;
c->argv = NULL;
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. */
+ c->replstate = REDIS_REPL_WAIT_BGSAVE_START;
c->reply = listCreate();
listSetFreeMethod(c->reply,decrRefCount);
listSetDupMethod(c->reply,dupClientReplyValue);