diff --git a/src/replication.c b/src/replication.c
index 5499ebc57..a006d0ad1 100644
--- a/src/replication.c
+++ b/src/replication.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ void disklessLoadRestoreBackups(redisDb *backup, int restore, int empty_db_flags
 void readSyncBulkPayload(connection *conn) {
     char buf[4096];
     ssize_t nread, readlen, nwritten;
-    int use_diskless_load;
+    int use_diskless_load = useDisklessLoad();
     redisDb *diskless_load_backup = NULL;
     int empty_db_flags = server.repl_slave_lazy_flush ? EMPTYDB_ASYNC :
                                                         EMPTYDB_NO_FLAGS;
@@ -1411,19 +1411,18 @@ void readSyncBulkPayload(connection *conn) {
             server.repl_transfer_size = 0;
             serverLog(LL_NOTICE,
                 "MASTER <-> REPLICA sync: receiving streamed RDB from master with EOF %s",
-                useDisklessLoad()? "to parser":"to disk");
+                use_diskless_load? "to parser":"to disk");
         } else {
             usemark = 0;
             server.repl_transfer_size = strtol(buf+1,NULL,10);
             serverLog(LL_NOTICE,
                 "MASTER <-> REPLICA sync: receiving %lld bytes from master %s",
                 (long long) server.repl_transfer_size,
-                useDisklessLoad()? "to parser":"to disk");
+                use_diskless_load? "to parser":"to disk");
         }
         return;
     }
 
-    use_diskless_load = useDisklessLoad();
     if (!use_diskless_load) {
         /* Read the data from the socket, store it to a file and search
          * for the EOF. */