diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 917387a6..8938e019 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ int rewriteConfig(char *path) {
     rewriteConfigNumericalOption(state,"repl-timeout",server.repl_timeout,REDIS_REPL_TIMEOUT);
     rewriteConfigNumericalOption(state,"repl-backlog-size",server.repl_backlog_size,REDIS_DEFAULT_REPL_BACKLOG_SIZE);
     rewriteConfigBytesOption(state,"repl-backlog-ttl",server.repl_backlog_time_limit,REDIS_DEFAULT_REPL_BACKLOG_TIME_LIMIT);
-    rewriteConfigBytesOption(state,"repl-disable-tcp-nodelay",server.repl_disable_tcp_nodelay,REDIS_DEFAULT_REPL_DISABLE_TCP_NODELAY);
+    rewriteConfigYesNoOption(state,"repl-disable-tcp-nodelay",server.repl_disable_tcp_nodelay,REDIS_DEFAULT_REPL_DISABLE_TCP_NODELAY);
     rewriteConfigNumericalOption(state,"slave-priority",server.slave_priority,REDIS_DEFAULT_SLAVE_PRIORITY);
     rewriteConfigStringOption(state,"requirepass",server.requirepass,NULL);
     rewriteConfigNumericalOption(state,"maxclients",server.maxclients,REDIS_MAX_CLIENTS);