1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 68fa089ac..874b0af91 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -4043,6 +4043,10 @@ void closeClildUnusedResourceAfterFork() {
     closeListeningSockets(0);
     if (server.cluster_enabled && server.cluster_config_file_lock_fd != -1)
         close(server.cluster_config_file_lock_fd);  /* don't care if this fails */
+
+    /* Clear server.pidfile, this is the parent pidfile which should not
+     * be touched (or deleted) by the child (on exit / crash) */
+    server.pidfile = NULL;
 }
 
 void memtest(size_t megabytes, int passes);