diff --git a/redis.c b/redis.c
index c40b6eec..ec971419 100644
--- a/redis.c
+++ b/redis.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,10 @@ static int dictEncObjKeyCompare(void *privdata, const void *key1,
     robj *o1 = (robj*) key1, *o2 = (robj*) key2;
     int cmp;
 
+    if (o1->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT &&
+        o2->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_INT &&
+        o1->ptr == o2->ptr) return 0;
+
     o1 = getDecodedObject(o1);
     o2 = getDecodedObject(o2);
     cmp = sdsDictKeyCompare(privdata,o1->ptr,o2->ptr);
@@ -5943,9 +5947,12 @@ static void hdelCommand(redisClient *c) {
         checkType(c,o,REDIS_HASH)) return;
 
     if (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_ZIPMAP) {
+        robj *field = getDecodedObject(c->argv[2]);
+
         o->ptr = zipmapDel((unsigned char*) o->ptr,
-            (unsigned char*) c->argv[2]->ptr,
-            sdslen(c->argv[2]->ptr), &deleted);
+            (unsigned char*) field->ptr,
+            sdslen(field->ptr), &deleted);
+        decrRefCount(field);
     } else {
         deleted = dictDelete((dict*)o->ptr,c->argv[2]) == DICT_OK;
     }
diff --git a/test-redis.tcl b/test-redis.tcl
index d7a4d7fd..3dd03fd2 100644
--- a/test-redis.tcl
+++ b/test-redis.tcl
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ proc randomKey {} {
 proc createComplexDataset {r ops} {
     for {set j 0} {$j < $ops} {incr j} {
         set k [randomKey]
+        set f [randomValue]
         set v [randomValue]
         randpath {
             set d [expr {rand()}]
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ proc createComplexDataset {r ops} {
                 $r sadd $k $v
             } {
                 $r zadd $k $d $v
+            } {
+                $r hset $k $f $v
             }
             set t [$r type $k]
         }
@@ -173,6 +176,10 @@ proc createComplexDataset {r ops} {
                 randpath {$r zadd $k $d $v} \
                         {$r zrem $k $v}
             }
+            {hash} {
+                randpath {$r hset $k $f $v} \
+                        {$r hdel $k $f}
+            }
         }
     }
 }