diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 847e80c1..54dfc025 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ size_t zmalloc_size_sds(sds s) {
     return zmalloc_size(s-sizeof(struct sdshdr));
 }
 
+/* Return the amount of memory used by the sds string at object->ptr
+ * for a string object. */
+size_t getStringObjectSdsUsedMemory(robj *o) {
+    redisAssertWithInfo(NULL,o,o->type == REDIS_STRING);
+    switch(o->encoding) {
+    case REDIS_ENCODING_RAW: return zmalloc_size_sds(o->ptr);
+    case REDIS_ENCODING_EMBSTR: return sdslen(o->ptr);
+    default: return 0; /* Just integer encoding for now. */
+    }
+}
+
 void *dupClientReplyValue(void *o) {
     incrRefCount((robj*)o);
     return o;
@@ -184,9 +195,7 @@ void _addReplyObjectToList(redisClient *c, robj *o) {
     if (listLength(c->reply) == 0) {
         incrRefCount(o);
         listAddNodeTail(c->reply,o);
-        c->reply_bytes += (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) ?
-                          zmalloc_size_sds(o->ptr) :
-                          sdslen(o->ptr);
+        c->reply_bytes += getStringObjectSdsUsedMemory(o);
     } else {
         tail = listNodeValue(listLast(c->reply));
 
@@ -202,9 +211,7 @@ void _addReplyObjectToList(redisClient *c, robj *o) {
         } else {
             incrRefCount(o);
             listAddNodeTail(c->reply,o);
-            c->reply_bytes += (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) ?
-                              zmalloc_size_sds(o->ptr) :
-                              sdslen(o->ptr);
+            c->reply_bytes += getStringObjectSdsUsedMemory(o);
         }
     }
     asyncCloseClientOnOutputBufferLimitReached(c);
@@ -252,9 +259,7 @@ void _addReplyStringToList(redisClient *c, char *s, size_t len) {
         robj *o = createStringObject(s,len);
 
         listAddNodeTail(c->reply,o);
-        c->reply_bytes += (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) ?
-                          zmalloc_size_sds(o->ptr) :
-                          sdslen(o->ptr);
+        c->reply_bytes += getStringObjectSdsUsedMemory(o);
     } else {
         tail = listNodeValue(listLast(c->reply));
 
@@ -270,9 +275,7 @@ void _addReplyStringToList(redisClient *c, char *s, size_t len) {
             robj *o = createStringObject(s,len);
 
             listAddNodeTail(c->reply,o);
-            c->reply_bytes += (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) ?
-                              zmalloc_size_sds(o->ptr) :
-                              sdslen(o->ptr);
+            c->reply_bytes += getStringObjectSdsUsedMemory(o);
         }
     }
     asyncCloseClientOnOutputBufferLimitReached(c);
@@ -413,10 +416,7 @@ void setDeferredMultiBulkLength(redisClient *c, void *node, long length) {
         /* Only glue when the next node is non-NULL (an sds in this case) */
         if (next->ptr != NULL) {
             c->reply_bytes -= zmalloc_size_sds(len->ptr);
-            if (next->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW)
-                c->reply_bytes -= zmalloc_size_sds(next->ptr);
-            else
-                c->reply_bytes -= sdslen(next->ptr);
+            c->reply_bytes -= getStringObjectSdsUsedMemory(next);
             len->ptr = sdscatlen(len->ptr,next->ptr,sdslen(next->ptr));
             c->reply_bytes += zmalloc_size_sds(len->ptr);
             listDelNode(c->reply,ln->next);
@@ -778,9 +778,7 @@ void sendReplyToClient(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask) {
         } else {
             o = listNodeValue(listFirst(c->reply));
             objlen = sdslen(o->ptr);
-            objmem = (o->encoding == REDIS_ENCODING_RAW) ?
-                        zmalloc_size_sds(o->ptr) :
-                        sdslen(o->ptr);
+            objmem = getStringObjectSdsUsedMemory(o);
 
             if (objlen == 0) {
                 listDelNode(c->reply,listFirst(c->reply));