diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 445ee1970..9ed4dd117 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -1739,6 +1739,17 @@ void readSyncBulkPayload(connection *conn) {
             killRDBChild();
         }
 
+        /* Make sure the new file (also used for persistence) is fully synced
+         * (not covered by earlier calls to rdb_fsync_range). */
+        if (fsync(server.repl_transfer_fd) == -1) {
+            serverLog(LL_WARNING,
+                "Failed trying to sync the temp DB to disk in "
+                "MASTER <-> REPLICA synchronization: %s",
+                strerror(errno));
+            cancelReplicationHandshake(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
         /* Rename rdb like renaming rewrite aof asynchronously. */
         int old_rdb_fd = open(server.rdb_filename,O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
         if (rename(server.repl_transfer_tmpfile,server.rdb_filename) == -1) {