diff --git a/src/cluster.c b/src/cluster.c
index 162004d703..3cd6527dae 100644
--- a/src/cluster.c
+++ b/src/cluster.c
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@ ConnectionType *connTypeOfCluster(void) {
     return connectionTypeTcp();
 }
 
+/* Delete unowned keys from database at server start up after loading persistence files. */
+void delUnownedKeys(void) {
+    if (!server.cluster_enabled) {
+        return;
+    }
+    clusterNode *primary = clusterNodeGetPrimary(server.cluster->myself);
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < CLUSTER_SLOTS; i++) {
+        if (server.cluster->slots[i] != primary) {
+            unsigned int deleted = delKeysInSlot(i);
+            if (deleted > 0) {
+                serverLog(LL_VERBOSE, "Deleted %u keys from unowned slot: %d after loading RDB", deleted, i);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * DUMP, RESTORE and MIGRATE commands
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/cluster.h b/src/cluster.h
index aefb3a7b82..8023d6bae0 100644
--- a/src/cluster.h
+++ b/src/cluster.h
@@ -128,4 +128,5 @@ int isNodeAvailable(clusterNode *node);
 long long getNodeReplicationOffset(clusterNode *node);
 sds aggregateClientOutputBuffer(client *c);
 void resetClusterStats(void);
+unsigned int delKeysInSlot(unsigned int);
 #endif /* __CLUSTER_H */
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index d332e6989c..13b226b2c0 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -6930,7 +6930,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         if (server.cluster_enabled) {
             serverAssert(verifyClusterConfigWithData() == C_OK);
         }
-
+        delUnownedKeys();
         for (j = 0; j < CONN_TYPE_MAX; j++) {
             connListener *listener = &server.listeners[j];
             if (listener->ct == NULL) continue;
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index ccdece20dd..b9820e2890 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -3678,6 +3678,8 @@ unsigned long LFUDecrAndReturn(robj *o);
 int performEvictions(void);
 void startEvictionTimeProc(void);
 
+void delUnownedKeys(void);
+
 /* Keys hashing / comparison functions for dict.c hash tables. */
 uint64_t dictSdsHash(const void *key);
 uint64_t dictSdsCaseHash(const void *key);