diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index 78bbbe22c0..d60313dac0 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
+/* Size of the static buffer used for rdbcompression */
+#define LZF_STATIC_BUFFER_SIZE (8 * 1024)
+
 /* This macro is called when the internal RDB structure is corrupt */
 #define rdbReportCorruptRDB(...) rdbReportError(1, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
 /* This macro is called when RDB read failed (possibly a short read) */
@@ -400,12 +403,8 @@ ssize_t rdbSaveLzfStringObject(rio *rdb, unsigned char *s, size_t len) {
         if ((out = zmalloc(outlen + 1)) == NULL) return 0;
     }
     comprlen = lzf_compress(s, len, out, outlen);
-    if (comprlen == 0) {
-        if (outlen >= LZF_STATIC_BUFFER_SIZE) zfree(out);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    ssize_t nwritten = rdbSaveLzfBlob(rdb, out, comprlen, len);
-    if (outlen >= LZF_STATIC_BUFFER_SIZE) zfree(out);
+    ssize_t nwritten = comprlen ? rdbSaveLzfBlob(rdb, out, comprlen, len) : 0;
+    if (out != buffer) zfree(out);
     return nwritten;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rdb.h b/src/rdb.h
index d19e42578c..3b17cbe9de 100644
--- a/src/rdb.h
+++ b/src/rdb.h
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@
 #define RDB_LOAD_ERR_EMPTY_KEY 1 /* Error of empty key */
 #define RDB_LOAD_ERR_OTHER 2     /* Any other errors */
 
-/* Size of the static buffer used for rdbcompression */
-#define LZF_STATIC_BUFFER_SIZE (8 * 1024)
-
 ssize_t rdbWriteRaw(rio *rdb, void *p, size_t len);
 int rdbSaveType(rio *rdb, unsigned char type);
 int rdbLoadType(rio *rdb);