diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 55bcb4dc..fd8472f6 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -2593,8 +2593,13 @@ int processCommand(client *c) {
      *
      * First we try to free some memory if possible (if there are volatile
      * keys in the dataset). If there are not the only thing we can do
-     * is returning an error. */
-    if (server.maxmemory) {
+     * is returning an error.
+     *
+     * Note that we do not want to reclaim memory if we are here re-entering
+     * the event loop since there is a busy Lua script running in timeout
+     * condition, to avoid mixing the propagation of scripts with the propagation
+     * of DELs due to eviction. */
+    if (server.maxmemory && !server.lua_timedout) {
         int out_of_memory = freeMemoryIfNeeded() == C_ERR;
         /* freeMemoryIfNeeded may flush slave output buffers. This may result
          * into a slave, that may be the active client, to be freed. */