diff --git a/src/redis-check-rdb.c b/src/redis-check-rdb.c
index 8da860a0..53fb67b8 100644
--- a/src/redis-check-rdb.c
+++ b/src/redis-check-rdb.c
@@ -332,7 +332,11 @@ int redis_check_rdb_main(int argc, char **argv) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <rdb-file-name>\n", argv[0]);
         exit(1);
     }
-    createSharedObjects(); /* Needed for loading. */
+    /* In order to call the loading functions we need to create the shared
+     * integer objects, however since this function may be called from
+     * an already initialized Redis instance, check if we really need to. */
+    if (shared.integers[0] == NULL)
+        createSharedObjects();
     server.loading_process_events_interval_bytes = 0;
     rdbCheckMode = 1;
     rdbCheckInfo("Checking RDB file %s", argv[1]);