diff --git a/src/rdb.c b/src/rdb.c
index 8a763b4f..5ec06f9a 100644
--- a/src/rdb.c
+++ b/src/rdb.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,9 @@ robj *rdbLoadObject(int rdbtype, rio *rdb) {
         o = createZsetObject();
         zs = o->ptr;
 
+        if (zsetlen > DICT_HT_INITIAL_SIZE)
+            dictExpand(zs->dict,zsetlen);
+
         /* Load every single element of the sorted set. */
         while(zsetlen--) {
             sds sdsele;
@@ -1509,6 +1512,9 @@ robj *rdbLoadObject(int rdbtype, rio *rdb) {
             sdsfree(value);
         }
 
+        if (o->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_HT && len > DICT_HT_INITIAL_SIZE)
+            dictExpand(o->ptr,len);
+
         /* Load remaining fields and values into the hash table */
         while (o->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_HT && len > 0) {
             len--;