diff --git a/src/object.c b/src/object.c
index c64d810b..a7c1e4c2 100644
--- a/src/object.c
+++ b/src/object.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ robj *tryObjectEncoding(robj *o) {
          * because every object needs to have a private LRU field for the LRU
          * algorithm to work well. */
         if ((server.maxmemory == 0 ||
-            !(server.maxmemory & MAXMEMORY_FLAG_NO_SHARED_INTEGERS)) &&
+            !(server.maxmemory_policy & MAXMEMORY_FLAG_NO_SHARED_INTEGERS)) &&
             value >= 0 &&
             value < OBJ_SHARED_INTEGERS)
         {