diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index a9fe1d66a..8c01bfb51 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -1330,7 +1330,8 @@ char *sendSynchronousCommand(int flags, int fd, ...) {
             cmd = sdscat(cmd,arg);
         }
         cmd = sdscatlen(cmd,"\r\n",2);
-
+        va_end(ap);
+        
         /* Transfer command to the server. */
         if (syncWrite(fd,cmd,sdslen(cmd),server.repl_syncio_timeout*1000)
             == -1)
@@ -1340,7 +1341,6 @@ char *sendSynchronousCommand(int flags, int fd, ...) {
                     strerror(errno));
         }
         sdsfree(cmd);
-        va_end(ap);
     }
 
     /* Read the reply from the server. */