diff --git a/redis.c b/redis.c
index f2fbbdd5..76682d82 100644
--- a/redis.c
+++ b/redis.c
@@ -2927,8 +2927,8 @@ static robj *createStringObjectFromLongLong(long long value) {
         incrRefCount(shared.integers[value]);
         o = shared.integers[value];
     } else {
-        o = createObject(REDIS_STRING, NULL);
         if (value >= LONG_MIN && value <= LONG_MAX) {
+            o = createObject(REDIS_STRING, NULL);
             o->encoding = REDIS_ENCODING_INT;
             o->ptr = (void*)((long)value);
         } else {