diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index b31c89df9..9f35987be 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ void sendReplyToClient(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
         }
     }
     if (totwritten > 0) c->lastinteraction = time(NULL);
-    if (listLength(c->reply) == 0) {
+    if (c->bufpos == 0 && listLength(c->reply) == 0) {
         c->sentlen = 0;
         aeDeleteFileEvent(server.el,c->fd,AE_WRITABLE);