diff --git a/src/geo.c b/src/geo.c
index 826d11ff5..470a615f4 100644
--- a/src/geo.c
+++ b/src/geo.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void georadiusGeneric(client *c, int flags) {
 
     /* Look up the requested zset */
     robj *zobj = NULL;
-    if ((zobj = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c, key, shared.null[c->resp])) == NULL ||
+    if ((zobj = lookupKeyReadOrReply(c, key, shared.emptyarray)) == NULL ||
         checkType(c, zobj, OBJ_ZSET)) {
         return;
     }
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ void georadiusGeneric(client *c, int flags) {
 
     /* If no matching results, the user gets an empty reply. */
     if (ga->used == 0 && storekey == NULL) {
-        addReplyNull(c);
+        addReplyNullArray(c);
         geoArrayFree(ga);
         return;
     }